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9780393305333

Eminent Victorian Soldiers Seekers of Glory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393305333

  • ISBN10:

    0393305333

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1988-06-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

This book brings together the lives of eight of Queen Victoria's most renowned and idiosyncratic generals, men who helped create the British Empire and whose lives reflect the vigor and diversity of the age. They are: Hugh Gough, Charles Napier, Charles Gordon, Frederick Roberts, Garnet Wolseley, Evelyn Wood, Hector Macdonald, and Herbert Kitchener. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Byron Farwell, a military historian and veteran of two wars, has been studying and writing about Victorian soldiers for more than a quarter of a century

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. 9
Mapsp. 11
Author's Notep. 15
Hugh Gough (1779-1869)p. 21
Charles Napier (1782-1855)p. 62
Charles Gordon (1833-1886)p. 102
Frederick Roberts (1832-1914)p. 147
Garnet Wolseley (1833-1913)p. 192
Evelyn Wood (1838-1919)p. 239
Hector Macdonald (1853-1903)p. 267
Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916)p. 302
Abbreviationsp. 349
Glossaryp. 351
Select Bibliographyp. 353
Indexp. 357
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