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Victoria's generals / edited by Steven J. Corvi & Ian F.W. Beckett.

Contributor(s): Beckett, I. F. W. (Ian Frederick William) | Corvi, Steven JPublication details: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2009. Description: x, 226 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781844159185; 1844159183Subject(s): Great Britain. Army -- Biography | Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century | Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901LOC classification: U54.G7 | V53 2009

Contents:

Garnet Wolseley / by Steven J. Corvi -- Evelyn Wood / by Stephen Manning -- Redvers Buller / by Stephen M. Miller -- George Colley / by Ian F.W. Beckett -- Lord Chelmsford / by John Laband -- Charles Gordon / by Gerald Herman -- Frederick Roberts / by André Wessels -- Herbert Kitchener / by Keith Surridge.

Summary: The senior British generals of the Victorian era were heroes of their time. As soldiers, administrators and battlefield commanders they represented the empire at the height of its power. But they were a disparate, sometimes fractious group of men, exhibiting many of the failings as well as the strengths of the British army of the late nineteenth-century. This study of these eminent military men gives insight into their careers, into the British army of their day and into a now-remote period when Britain was a world power.

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Item type	Current library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item reservations
Book-Circulating	Fischer Hall Library Main shelves	DA68. V53 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B013421
Book-Circulating	Fischer Hall Library Main shelves	DA68. V53 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B9130

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The senior British generals of the Victorian era were heroes of their time. As soldiers, administrators and battlefield commanders they represented the empire at the height of its power. But they were a disparate, sometimes fractious group of men, exhibiting many of the failings as well as the strengths of the British army of the late nineteenth-century. This study of these eminent military men gives insight into their careers, into the British army of their day and into a now-remote period when Britain was a world power.