Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

{"id":7356725199027,"title":"Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback","handle":"milligan-memoirs-series-by-spike-milligan-6-books-collection-set-fiction-paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Adolf Hitler\u003cbr\u003e2. 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'\u003cbr\u003e3. Monty\u003cbr\u003e4. Mussolini\u003cbr\u003e5. Where Have All the Bullets Gone?\u003cbr\u003e6. Goodbye Soldier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdolf Hitler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked \"This is your enemy\". I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train . . .'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitis, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway').\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'That's how I got in, sir.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Didn't we all.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering ('We had been standing by vehicles for an hour and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently'), psychological toughening ('If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it') and living dangerously ('no underwear!'). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.''This could mean war...'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa. Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced - boredom ('Christ, I just thought of Catford'), a cold ('In this weather?' 'Yed.'), moving camp ('It's a sort of Brighton with camels'), relaxing on the beach ('Life was golden, and we were the assayers'), moving camp again ('We're already somewhere else'), a visit to Carthage ('It's terrible, it's like Catford') and a perilous encounter with the gloriously endowed Mademoiselle Villion ('\"Help! massage,\" I said weakly'). Against the odds, they survive and are sent at last to Italy to be killed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMussolini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A voice is calling across the land, 'Bombardier Milligan.' 'Bombadier Milligan is dead,' I replied in a disguised voice. The voice replied, 'Then he's going to miss his breakfast.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured').\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a bout of Sandfly Fever, from which he soon recovers ('I'm ready to be killed again'), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ('Mussolini's revenge?') before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ('We're getting near civilisation'), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ('I was not really me any more') . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere Have All the Bullets Gone?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, \"I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.\"'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere Have All the Bullets Gone? sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoodbye Soldier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780241958094\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2023-01-30T11:12:10+00:00","created_at":"2023-01-27T15:05:27+00:00","vendor":"Penguin","type":"Fiction","tags":["Boxing Day","Genre_Funny"],"price":3899,"price_min":3899,"price_max":3899,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":5494,"compare_at_price_min":5494,"compare_at_price_max":5494,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42320577659059,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"B2D2099","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3899,"weight":1100,"compare_at_price":5494,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9785197677709","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_Thumbnail_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607816","\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_FrontofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675605923","\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_BackofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607923","\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_InsideofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675609393"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_Thumbnail_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607816","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Penguin","id":25082803388595,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.791,"height":2348,"width":1857,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_Thumbnail_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607816"},"aspect_ratio":0.791,"height":2348,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_Thumbnail_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607816","width":1857},{"alt":"Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Penguin","id":25082726449331,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"width":2480,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_FrontofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675605923"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_FrontofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675605923","width":2480},{"alt":"Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Penguin","id":25082808041651,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"width":2480,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_BackofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607923"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_BackofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675607923","width":2480},{"alt":"Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Penguin","id":25082893107379,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"width":2480,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_InsideofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675609393"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D2099-SpikeMilligan6Books_InsideofBooks_Compressed.jpg?v=1675609393","width":2480}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Adolf Hitler\u003cbr\u003e2. 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'\u003cbr\u003e3. Monty\u003cbr\u003e4. Mussolini\u003cbr\u003e5. Where Have All the Bullets Gone?\u003cbr\u003e6. Goodbye Soldier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdolf Hitler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked \"This is your enemy\". I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train . . .'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitis, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway').\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'That's how I got in, sir.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Didn't we all.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa - eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loitering ('We had been standing by vehicles for an hour and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently'), psychological toughening ('If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it') and living dangerously ('no underwear!'). At last the battle for Tunis is upon them . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.''This could mean war...'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa. Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced - boredom ('Christ, I just thought of Catford'), a cold ('In this weather?' 'Yed.'), moving camp ('It's a sort of Brighton with camels'), relaxing on the beach ('Life was golden, and we were the assayers'), moving camp again ('We're already somewhere else'), a visit to Carthage ('It's terrible, it's like Catford') and a perilous encounter with the gloriously endowed Mademoiselle Villion ('\"Help! massage,\" I said weakly'). Against the odds, they survive and are sent at last to Italy to be killed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMussolini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A voice is calling across the land, 'Bombardier Milligan.' 'Bombadier Milligan is dead,' I replied in a disguised voice. The voice replied, 'Then he's going to miss his breakfast.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured').\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a bout of Sandfly Fever, from which he soon recovers ('I'm ready to be killed again'), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ('Mussolini's revenge?') before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ('We're getting near civilisation'), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ('I was not really me any more') . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere Have All the Bullets Gone?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, \"I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.\"'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere Have All the Bullets Gone? sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoodbye Soldier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780241958094\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e"}