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''Sound The Retreat'' is Volume VII of the novel sequence ''Alms for Oblivion'' by Simon Raven, published in 1971. It was the seventh novel to be published in The ''Alms for Oblivion'' sequence though it is the second novel chronologically. The story takes place in India from November 1945 to June 1946. ==Characters, in the order of appearance== Peter Morrison – Cadet. Major character in Fielding Gray. Alister Mortleman – Cadet. Barry Strange – Cadet. Miles Glastonbury – Lieutenant Colonel. Earl of Muscateer – Cadet, who dies after food poisoning at Ley Wong’s. Percy de Glanville Manwood – Officer. Baxter – Major. Betteredge – Captain. Lafone – Captain. Cruxtable – Sergeant Major. The Maharaja of Dharaparam – Indian prince. Captain Detterling – Military Instructor in Bangalore. Cousin of Lord Canteloupe. Appeared in Fielding Gray. Ley Wong – Chinese restaurant owner. Can provide almost anything. Gilzai Khan – Captain of royal descent. Secularized Muslim. Commander of the cadets in Bangalore but eventually leaves the army to agitate for continued British rule in India, to prevent Muslims and Hindus from killing each other. Zaccharias – Cadet. Murphy – Cadet who through circumstances gets repeatedly promoted. Lord Canteloupe – Father of the Earl of Muscateer, who dies in India. Lady Canteloupe – Mother of the Earl of Muscateer. Edwin Turbot – Politician. Makes an inspection in Bangalore. Margaret Rose Engineer – Prostitute who tries to blackmail Peter Morrison. Thomas Oakes – Adjutant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sound the Retreat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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