Army Childhood: British Army Children's Lives and Times

By Clare Gibson

An army childhood is a peripatetic childhood. Taking the Napoleonic Wars as its starting point, Army Childhood sheds light on such crucial aspects of the army-child experience as the places that the children of British Army soldiers have called home, and on how they have been transported, housed, cared for, educated and entertained after the army assumed responsibility for their welfare.

This informative and evocatively illustrated book will appeal to those interested in British military history's social side, and to those seeking to understand what life was like for an erstwhile army-child ancestor. It is also essential reading for those who were once themselves 'barrack rats', 'pads' brats', or 'army brats', in whom it is guaranteed to arouse nostalgic memories.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jul 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781782001102

Clare Gibson

Clare Gibson is a writer and historian specializing in art history and how to interpret symbols. Her previous works include The Secret Life of Dreams (Sterling), How to Read Symbols (A&C Black), The Hidden Life of Ancient Egypt, The Hidden Life of Renaissance Art, The Hidden Life of the Ancient Maya, and Symbols of the Goddess, all published by Saraband. She is also known for her informative social media as @MrsSymbols and for her popular blog, Seeing Symbols.