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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1930 autobiography of Francis Yeats-Brown}}<br />
{{Infobox book<br />
| name = The Lives of a Bengal Lancer<br />
| image = File:The_Lives_of_a_Bengal_Lancer,_Book_Cover,_1930,_Viking_Press.png<br />
| caption = The Lives of a Bengal Lancer<br />
| author = [[Francis Yeats-Brown]]<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
| genre = [[Autobiography]]<br />
| publisher = The Viking Press<br />
| pub_date = 1930<br />
| pages = 304<br />
| isbn = 978-141-791-294-0<br />
}}<br />
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'''''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''''' is a 1930 [[autobiography]] of British cavalry officer [[Francis Yeats-Brown]] published by [[The Viking Press]].<ref name="Good Reads"/> The autobiography's release was met with highly positive reviews and Yeats-Brown was awarded the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] of 1930.<ref>[http://awardsandwinners.com/category/james-tait-black-memorial-prize/1930/ "1930 James Tait Black Memorial Prize"]. Awards & Winners. Retrieved 13 September 2014.</ref><br />
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In 1935, the book was made into a [[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (film)|Hollywood blockbuster by the same name]] starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Franchot Tone]], [[Richard Cromwell (actor)|Richard Cromwell]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090511134219/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/29736/Lives-of-a-Bengal-Lancer/details "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"]. The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2014.</ref> The film was nominated for seven [[Academy Awards]] including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture.<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 "The 8th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners"]. Oscars. Retrieved 13 September 2014.</ref> The film does not follow the plot of the book.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
In 1905, Francis Yeats-Brown, then a young cavalryman, arrives in [[Bengal]] to serve in the [[Bengal Lancers|17th Bengal Lancers]] on the [[North-West Frontier Province|Northwest Frontier]] of [[British Raj|British India]]. He quickly discovers that life in the presence of his fellow soldiers is anything but boring. When not on [[active duty]], he spends his time riding horses around the countryside, hunting boars, smoking tobacco and studying Indian mysticism. He sees active service in [[France]] in 1914 and becomes a military air observer in [[Mesopotamia]] in 1915. He eventually becomes a [[prisoner of war]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and makes unsuccessful attempts at escape. Yeats-Brown returns to India in 1919, continues to serve in the Cavalry and continues to study [[yoga]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (film)|''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (film)]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="Good Reads">[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1913338.The_Lives_of_a_Bengal_Lancer "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"]. Good Reads. Retrieved 13 September 2014.</ref><br />
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