Queen Victoria's Little Wars

Name: Queen Victoria's Little Wars
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ISBN: 9780393302356

ISBN-10: 0393302350

ISBN-13: 9780393302356

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Byron Farwell, Karen Farwell

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From 1837 to 1901, in Asia, China, Canada, Africa, and elsewhere, military expedition were constantly being undertaken to protect resident Britons or British interests, to extend a frontier, to repel an attack, avenge an insult, or suppress a mutiny or rebellion. Continuous warfare became an accepted way of life in the Victorian era, and in the process the size of the British Empire quadrupled. But engrossing as these small wars are'”and they bristle with bizarre, tragic, and often humorous incident'”it is the officers and men who fought them that dominate this book. With their courage, foolhardiness, and eccentricities, they are an unforgettable lot.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.80" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Byron Farwell's (1921-1999) other books, also published by Norton, include "Eminent Victorian Soldiers," "Armies of the Raj," & "Stonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson."