Book 2 of The Speedicut Papers continues the
first hand account of the life, loves and adventures of
Jasper Speedicut: charmer, sexual libertine and reluctant hero.
It is also a unique account of events in the British Empire and
beyond, comprising a series of linked adventures and anecdotes
which, when taken together, comprise a fascinating insight
into many of the half-remembered or wholly-forgotten
events of the second half of the 19th century.
It is a matter of considerable regret to me that
The Speedicut Papers were not available to me when I wrote
my History of the English Speaking Peoples.
Sir Winston Churchill
This book contains the only lucid explanation of the Schleswig-Holstein
question … to which Ive completely forgotten the answer.
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
I was delighted to discover that, like me, Speedicut
has committed every sin in the Decalogue.
Sir Richard Burton
Having read this remarkable narrative I would swim
the Hellespont to meet the man who wrote it.
George, 6th Baron Byron
Speedicuts adventures in Berlin have given me
an idea for a book.
Bram Stoker
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After serving time at Oxford University and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Christopher Joll spent his formative years as an officer in The Life Guards, an experience from which he has never really recovered. On leaving the Army, Joll worked first in investment banking, but the boredom of City life led him to switch careers and become an arms salesman. After ten years of dealing with tin pot dictators in faraway countries, he moved – perhaps appropriately – into public relations where, in this new incarnation, he had to deal with dictators of an altogether different type. From his earliest days, Joll has written articles, features, short stories and reportage. One such piece of writing led to an early brush with notoriety when an article he had penned anonymously in 1974 for a political journal ended up as front page national news and resulted in a Ministerial inquiry. In 2012 Joll wrote the text for Uniquely British: A Year in the Life of the Household Cavalry, an illustrated account of the Household Cavalry from the Royal Wedding to the Diamond Jubilee, and in 2018 he published The Spoils of War. His yet to be published memoires, Anecdotal Evidence, promises to cause considerable consternation in certain quarters should it ever appear in print. Since leaving the Army in 1975, Joll has been involved in devising and managing charity fund-raising events. This interest started in 1977 with The Silver Jubilee Royal Gifts Exhibition at St Jamess Palace and The Royal Cartoons Exhibition at the Press Club. In subsequent years, he co-produced Jos Carreras & Friends, a one-night Royal Gala Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Serenade for a Princess, a Royal Gala Concert at the Banqueting House, Whitehall; and Concert for a Prince, a Royal Gala Concert staged at Windsor Castle (the first such event to be held there following the post-fire restoration). More recently, Joll has focused on devising, writing, directing and sometimes producing events primarily for military charities. These include in various different roles the Household Cavalry Pageant (2007); the Chelsea Pageant (2008); the Diamond Jubilee Parade in the Park (2012); the British Military Tournament (2010-2013); the Gurkha Bicentenary Pageant (2015); the Waterloo Bicentenary National Service of Commemoration & Parade at St Pauls Cathedral (2015); the Shakespeare 400 Memorial Concert (2016); The Patrons Lunch (2016), the official London event to mark The Queens 90th Birthday and The Great War Symphony to be premiered in 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall. In 2017, Joll was appointed Regimental Historian of the Household Cavalry.
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