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

TitleRam: 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 Publication1960
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes463 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsTaylor, Winchcombe
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
CityNew York
KeywordsBattle 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.

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1755