Imperial Echoes-Eye-Witness Accounts of Victoria's Little Wars

Giddings, Robert

Description:

The years betwen the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 are sometimes described as 'The Long Peace', but there were in fact British soldiers fighting somewhere in the world throughout the whole of that period, usually in an effort to restore order in far-flung parts of the Empire 'upon which the sun never sets'.

Although these campaigns have been well documented by numerous historians, Robert Giddings, well known as author, journalist and writer for radio and television, here adopts an entirely new approach and relies largely on first-hand accounts to show not merely what happened but what it was actually like to be there. His sources are many and varied and not confined to the soldiers' own records. Nothing, for instance, could surpass in vividness Florentia Sale's brilliant account of the terrible retreat from Kabul in 1842.

The book contains eye-witness accounts from the following campaigns and minor wars : Maratha, Gurkha, Burmese, Ashantim, Opium, Afghan, Maori, Sikh, Kaffir, Persian, Abyssinian, Zulu, Boer, Egyptian, Sudanese and Matabele. The list alone shows how busy the British soldier was throughout the nineteenth century. The text itself brilliantly recaptures the nature of soldiering in that era.

Hardcover with Unclipped Dustcover, with xxiii + 260 pages text with illustrations.Very clean copy.

Details:

  • Publisher: Leo Cooper
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Edition: 1st Edition
  • Jacket Condition: As New
  • Binding Condition: As New
  • Overall Condition: As New
  • Size: 240 X 160mm
  • Lot No: 120
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