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The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet
  • ISBN-13: 9781914414961
  • Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
    Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
  • By Geordie Stewart
  • Price: AUD $32.99
  • Stock: 5 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/12/2022
  • Format: Paperback (210.00mm X 148.00mm) 208 pages Weight: 250g
  • Categories: Biography: general [BG]
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Nobody forgets Sandhurst. The outside perception is one of pure professionalism, organisation, resilience and, dare I say, military efficiency. It's all those things. But that isn't what makes Sandhurst unique. This is a story of when reality meets perception and overachieving instructors meet underperforming cadets. There's the stuff you'd expect from army officer training: parades, marching, making beds, shining, saluting, shouting, standing up straight and serving your country. But this is a story about people, relationships, idiosyncrasies, laughter, contradictions, chaos and the frantic existence below the serene surface. It's Hogwarts with guns, playing the game, 140-hour weeks, half- smoked cigarettes, five minutes before five minutes and getting on and off that bloody bus. So prepare your ironing board, get on the line and welcome to the fi nest military academy in the world.
Geordie Stewart served for five years as an officer in the British Army with the Light Dragoons. He was the youngest Briton to climb the Seven Summits - the highest mountain on every continent - and has cycled solo around the world. He graduated from the University of St Andrews and has written two books: In Search of Sisu and A Rolling Stone. He currently works in motorsport for Extreme E.
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