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A Jolly Good Shambles
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 5 2026
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Britain has declared war. Sergeant Bunnyfeetz would rather somebody competent dealt with it.
From the confused days of the Phoney War and the chaos of Dunkirk to Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day and the long road to victory, A Jolly Good Shambles follows an unlikely collection of soldiers, officers and assorted military inconveniences through the Second World War.
There is Sergeant Bunnyfeetz, a battle-hardened rabbit with little patience for foolishness; Private Pip, who begins the war wondering whether he will survive it and gradually discovers that he might actually know what he is doing; Brigadier MacIntyre, whose enthusiasm regularly arrives several miles ahead of common sense; and Major Pawsley, attempting to keep the entire enterprise functioning with tea, paperwork and quiet desperation.
Around them gather reluctant sailors, desert veterans, captured officers, improbable heroes and Lieutenant Fitzmane, a ruthlessly effective soldier whose relationship with military authority is best described as actively hostile.
Set against real events from 1939 to 1945, A Jolly Good Shambles is an affectionate comic adventure about courage, friendship, rank, bureaucracy and the extraordinary ability of the British Army to carry on even when nobody appears entirely certain what the plan is.
Part wartime adventure, part historical comedy, and entirely unashamed of either.
For readers who enjoy the spirit of Dad's Army and Blackadder, with an anthropomorphic cast and rather more mud.
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