Bugles and a Tiger: my life in the Gurkhas

This memoir of the twilight days of the British Empire in India serves as the background to a young subaltern’s transformation into a professional soldier. Although Master’s descriptions are Kipling-esque in tone, this work has a serious side—the development of leadership skills. Bugles and a Tiger recounts Master’s experiences in India up to the outbreak of the Second World War. A sequel, The Road Past Mandalay, covers his part in the Burma Campaign against the Japanese.