Francis Harold Courtenay Lupin Armstrong (20 October 1890 – 25 August 1943), commonly known as Harold Courtenay Armstrong or H. C. Armstrong, was a British sea captain and historian.
Biography During World War I Armstrong was captured by the Turks in the Siege of Kut, where he subsequently was forced to march to Turkey as a prisoner of war. Following a failed escape Armstrong was imprisoned for six months. Following his release from prison, he was appointed Staff Officer for all prisoners of war. In a notably, he served as both prosecutor and interpreter during Turkish courts-martial proceedings against prisoner of war camp commanders accused of mistreating prisoners.
Bibliography Turkey in Travail: The Birth of a New Nation (1925) The Mosque of the Roses (1927), novel Turkey and Syria Reborn (1930) Grey Wolf, Mustafa Kemal: An Intimate Study of a Dictator (1932), a fictionalized biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Tales of Hazard (1932) On the Run: Escaping Tales (1934) Unending Battle (1934), a fictionalized biography of Leo KereselidzeSmele, Jonathan D. (2006), The Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921: An Annotated Bibliography, p. 467. Continuum International Publishing Group, . Lord of Arabia: Ibn Saud: An Intimate Study of a King (1934), a biography of Ibn Saud Grey Steel, J. C. Smuts: A Study in Arrogance (1937), a biography of Jan Smuts
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