Title | Ram: Being the Tale of One Ramillies Anstruther (1704-55), Who Was Found on a Battle Field, Served under Duke Marlborough in Flanders and Prince Eugene in Hungear; Was a General in Hindustan and a Nabob in London, Was a Condemned Murderer in Newgate Gaol and a Settler in Georgia Colony, and Who Perished through the Errors of General Braddock on the Monongahela River in the Province of Pennsylvania; Together with Intimate Details of His Loves and Amours with Carla, Chanda the Temple Whore, Lucinda, Erinne, and Other Delectable Females |
Year of Publication | 1960 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 463 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Taylor, Winchcombe |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
City | New York |
Keywords | Battle of the Monongahela; Braddock Expedition; Edward Braddock (1695-1755); French and Indian War; Robert Orme (c. 1725-90); Thomas Dunbar (unknown-1767); Thomas Gage (1718/19-87) |
Abstract | A swashbuckling tale about Ramillies Anstruther, a fictitious British soldier of fortune who, after expeditions in Europe, India, and the Georgia Colony, dies in the Battle of the Monongahela. |
Notes | Winchcombe Taylor is a pseudonym of John Winchcombe-Taylor (1898-1969). |
Author Biography | John Winchcombe-Taylor (1898-1969), born in New York City, was the veteran of two world wars (British Army, World War I; Canadian Army, World War II), an actor, playwright, and fiction writer. He died in Tucson, Arizona. |
Time | 1755 |