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  • Lure of Duty: The Extraordinary Life of an Immortal Soldier

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    Lure of Duty: The Extraordinary Life of an Immortal Soldier

    In the early stages of his military career, Adrian Carton de Wiart took hits in the ankle, hip, skull and ear, and he tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. We revisit Issue 40 of The Rake to discover it’s a good thing bodily trauma was so much to de Wiart’s taste, for his adventures had barely begun…

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