Author : Steven J. Corvi
Release : 2009-09-19
Genre : History
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Victoria's Generals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Victoria's Generals write by Steven J. Corvi. This book was released on 2009-09-19. Victoria's Generals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The senior British generals of the Victorian era - men like Wolseley, Roberts, Gordon and Kitchener - 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. They exhibited many of the failings as well as the strengths of the British army of the late nineteenth-century. And now, when the Victorian period is being looked at more critically than before, the moment is right to reassess them as individuals and as soldiers. This balanced and perceptive study of these eminent military men gives a fascinating insight into their careers, into the British army of their day and into a now-remote period when Britain was a world power.