The Military Orchid And Other Novels

The Military Orchid and Other Novels (Penguin Modern Classics)

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The Military Orchid And Other Novels

The Military Orchid and Other Novels (Penguin Modern Classics)

Written by Jocelyn Brooke
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Jocelyn Brooke blends memoir, botany and even satire to recall his lifelong quest in search of the flower that was his obsession: Orchis Militaris.A slim volume that, whilst it has a colour frontis that reproduces the jacket image, is clearly still being printed on war-economy paper. The jacket/frontis is by Stephen Bone who also provides b/w decorations for the part headings.A biographical trilogy which was re-issued in one volume in 1981 under the title The Military Orchid in both hardback (Secker & Warburg) and paperback (Penguin). A cracking introduction to the trilogy as a whole can be found on the Jocelyn Brooke website.

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Published October 30, 2008
ISBN 2231853
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Jocelyn Brooke is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Jocelyn Brooke can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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