{"product_id":"smithy-abroad","title":"Smithy Abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eFrom the dust-choked parade grounds of the Cape to the sweltering cantonments of India, the rank-and-file of Britain’s Edwardian army turned soldiering into an art form — part boast, part grumble, part tall tale. A wily private and his French-studying barrack chum hold court in the canteen and cot-room, spinning yarns of regimental cricket matches gone wrong, pickpockets in uniform, bogus inventors, football grudges, and the curious fate of a miserly old sergeant who counted his shillings one time too many. Between the jokes glimmer darker moments — a baptism under fire, a suppressed book, a quiet act of honour no drill manual ever described.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eWritten in the pungent Cockney of the marching ranks and laced with the sly, world-weary humour of a man who had worn the khaki himself, these twenty-four sketches capture the forgotten everyday of the Tommy abroad at the twilight of the British Empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":66568879735088,"sku":"9781667666907","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case Bound - Cloth","offer_id":66571459854640,"sku":"9781667666914","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/smithy-abroad","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}