{"product_id":"9781508027942","title":"1914","description":"Known as \u003cb\u003eThe Viscount French\u003c\/b\u003e between 1916 and 1922, French was a British Army officer. Born in Kent to an Anglo-Irish family, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, before becoming a cavalry officer. He achieved rapid promotion and distinguished himself on the Gordon Relief Expedition. French was a notorious womaniser throughout his life and his career nearly ended when he was cited in the divorce of a brother officer whilst in India in the early 1890s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918, a position that he held throughout much of the Irish War of Independence. Whilst serving in this position he published \u003ci\u003e1914\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume of memoirs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dead Dodo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143641579760,"sku":"9781508027942","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781508027942_p0.jpg?v=1763721137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781508027942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}