Author: Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray
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Category : Afghan Wars
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny (1857-58) and Afghanistan (1879)
Author: Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray
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Category : Afghan Wars
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Afghan Wars
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The Royal Engineers Journal
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Warriors of the Queen
Author: William Wright
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752497510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Who were the men who commanded the British Army in the numerous small wars of the Victorian Empire? Today, many are all but forgotten, save the likes of Cardigan, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and Gordon of Khartoum. Yet they were a disparate and fascinating assemblage, made up of men of true military genius, as well as egoists, fools and despots.In Warriors of the Queen, William Wright surveys over 170 of these men, examining their careers and personalities. He reveals not only the lives of the great military names of the period but also of those whom history has overlooked, from James ‘Buster’ Browne, who once fought a battle in his nightshirt, to Jack Bisset, who had fought in three South African wars by his twenty-third birthday. Based on original research and complemented by over sixty photographs, Warriors of the Queen provides new insight into the men who built (and sometimes endangered) the British Empire on the battlefield.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752497510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Who were the men who commanded the British Army in the numerous small wars of the Victorian Empire? Today, many are all but forgotten, save the likes of Cardigan, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and Gordon of Khartoum. Yet they were a disparate and fascinating assemblage, made up of men of true military genius, as well as egoists, fools and despots.In Warriors of the Queen, William Wright surveys over 170 of these men, examining their careers and personalities. He reveals not only the lives of the great military names of the period but also of those whom history has overlooked, from James ‘Buster’ Browne, who once fought a battle in his nightshirt, to Jack Bisset, who had fought in three South African wars by his twenty-third birthday. Based on original research and complemented by over sixty photographs, Warriors of the Queen provides new insight into the men who built (and sometimes endangered) the British Empire on the battlefield.
T. P.'s Weekly
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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The New Statesman
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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The Bookman
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Nicholson
Author: Donal P. McCracken
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750989742
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Born in Dublin in 1822, Lieutenant-General John Nicholson was raised and educated in Ireland. He joined the East India Company's Bengal Army as 16-year old boy-soldier and he saw action in Afghanistan, the two Anglo-Sikh wars and the Great Rebellion or Mutiny. He died in the thick of battle as the British army he was leading stormed the ancient city of Delhi in September 1857. He was only 34 years old. His legacy and his legend as the 'Hero of Delhi', however, far outlived him. As well as the Indian cult drawn to him, at home he became a hero and was portrayed in epic stories for children, inspiring generations of young boys to join the army in his footsteps. In more recent times, some turned the hero into a villain; others continue to consider him the finest army front-line British field commander of the Victorian era.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750989742
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Born in Dublin in 1822, Lieutenant-General John Nicholson was raised and educated in Ireland. He joined the East India Company's Bengal Army as 16-year old boy-soldier and he saw action in Afghanistan, the two Anglo-Sikh wars and the Great Rebellion or Mutiny. He died in the thick of battle as the British army he was leading stormed the ancient city of Delhi in September 1857. He was only 34 years old. His legacy and his legend as the 'Hero of Delhi', however, far outlived him. As well as the Indian cult drawn to him, at home he became a hero and was portrayed in epic stories for children, inspiring generations of young boys to join the army in his footsteps. In more recent times, some turned the hero into a villain; others continue to consider him the finest army front-line British field commander of the Victorian era.
The Odd Volume
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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