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Queen Victorias
Little Wars by Byron Farwell.
Queen Victorias Little Wars is the brilliantly
written account of what Kipling called The savage wars of peace and of the
men who fought in them. Throughout the whole of Queen Victorias
reign, there was not one single year in which British soldiers were not
fighting for her and her Empire. Byron Farwell records the
fascinating story of these little-known and extraordinary conflict - in
China, on the North-West Frontier, in Africa, in the Crimea, in Canada and
the great Indian Mutiny. This scholarly and vastly entertaining book
is written with rare narrative skill, demonstrating with wit and precision
the authors deep understanding of and affection for the Victorian
character in all its astonishing variety.
Illustrated paperback with 394 pages.
Book serial number W58. Price £7.99.
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The Rise and Fall
of the British Empire by Lawrence James
Spanning four centuries and six continents, James' magnificent survey
examines the imperial experience and its legacy with tremendous verve.
Informed, comprehensive and perceptive, it is the essential summary of the
era.
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£6.00).
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Book serial number B11482. Fully illustrated hardback book with 714
pages.
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The Colonial Wars
Source Book by Philip J. Haythornthwaite
In the style which caused his Napoleonic Source Book and World War
One Source Book to become mainstays of military history since their
publication, Philip Haythornthwaite again brings his orderly thoroughness
to the evaluation of the colonial warfare which afflicted the world in the
19th century.
The author has a masterly grasp of the most important element of
grand strategy and the less vital but no less studied, aspects of uniform
and equipment. He provides the finest single volume narrative reference on
the subject with full coverage of events involving Britain, the Americas,
Africa, the Far East, the Indian sub-continent and Australasia.
In addition to matters of battlefield action, weapons and tactics,
the composition of the forces involved and the outcome and effect of
campaigns, The Colonial Wars Source Book provides biographical details of
the important personalities involved, an extensive glossary, a full
chapter of sources and sundry fascinating quotes and anecdotes which
interweave the entertaining and informative text.
Philip Haythornthwaite's earlier source books have been acclaimed as
compendiums of information, vital components in the library of any
military history student, and treasure trove of illustration; these
qualities are all present in this outstanding contribution to the study of
colonial warfare.
Book serial number BK24 . Price £30. Hard back with 384 pages. |
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Dervish by Philip
Warner.
Dervish is the story of the rise and fall of an African
Empire. It began in the Sudan in the 1880s with a localised Holy War
fought against decadent Turkish/Egyptian overlords. It was led by
Mohammed Ahmed Ibn Al-Sayid Abdullah - the Mahdi - and was soon to engulf
a million square miles of arid territory. It forced the hand of a
reluctant British Liberal Government, which was then approaching the
zenith of its imperial power, and led to the disaster of the infamous
Hicks expedition and the death of General Gordon at Khartoum.
Using first hand accounts and diaries of participants, the author
brilliantly describes the growth of the Mahdist movement and the
extraordinary devotion and discipline of the Dervish troops. set against
them, with stoic endurance, were the British, Egyptian and Sudanese
soldiers. The resulting fierce engagements inspired amazing feats of
courage and daring on both sides. The Dervish Empire survived the death of
the Mahdi by 13 years, ending at the Battle of Omdurman and Kitcheners
reconquest of Sudan.
Illustrated paperback with 235 pages.
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The Afghan Campaign of
1878 - 1880 - Biographical Division by Sidney H Shadbolt.
The Biographical Division or volume of a 2-volume history
of the 1878-80 Afghan War. This volume has the photographs of 140 officers
who fell in the campaign, and of those who were recipients of the Victoria
Cross as a reward for their heroism. Here too are memoirs of the officers
who died, which the author prepared from materials submitted to him by the
families and surviving comrades of those who fell. Together, the 2-volume
set is a fine memorial to those who lost their life in this colonial war.
Illustrated paperback
book with 274 pages.
Price £18.00.
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Rhodesia and After -
Being the Story of the 17th and 18th Battalions of Imperial Yeomanry.
Action-packed memoir of a soldier in the Imperial Yeomanry
who fought in Rhodesia and in South Africa during the Boer War. 50
photographs and three maps accompany this attractive account of guerilla
warfare in Africa. The 17th and 18th Battalions IY were formed from the
50th Company, a Hampshire contingent; the 60th and 61st, both raised in
Belfast and known as the Irish Yeomanry; the 65th, a Leicestershire
contingent, and the 67th, 70th, 71st and 75th, all of which were raised
and equipped by the Earl of Dunraven and known collectively as Dunravens
Sharpshooters.
Illustrated paperback
book with 348 pages.
Price £14.50.
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The Campaign of 1866 in
Germany by Colonel von Wright, Captain M Henry Hozier.
Official History of the campaign of 1866 (also known as
the Seven Weeks War), between Prussian and Austria and her allies. Austria
mustered support from Bavaria, Hannover, Saxony and Hesse and fought the
war on two fronts. This study chronicles the Bohemian main front including
the battles leading up to the decisive Prussian victory at Koniggratz. It
also cover the western front where Prussia engaged the Hanoverians and
others. There is a very large section of almost 150 pages of appendices
and very detailed orders of battle.
Paperback book with
648 pages.
Price £14.50.
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The Sudan
Campaigns
1881-1898 by Robert Wilkinson-Latham
and Michael Roffe
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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA59.
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