Roberts in India: The Military Papers of Field Marshall Lord Roberts 1876-1893 (Publications of Th E Army Records Society, Vol 9) by Lord Roberts; Brian Robson; Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts - 1993-09

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Stroud, UK: Alan Sutton, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET WITH U.K.PRICE.

Stroud. Alan Sutton/Army Records Office. 1993. (3546) HEAVY hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 478 pages. B.w. illustration at frontpiece. Fine in red boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a near-fine d.w. with slightly sunned spine. Unread book from new stock. (Was £40.00). The papers in this volume have been selected, not merely to illustrate Roberts' career in India and the complex interreaction between Indian and British policy, but to provide a fresh and unexpected portrait of late-Victorian military life. They show Roberts as a pioneer in humanising the soldier's life and, at the same time, as a complex and devious personality. ISBN: 0-7509-0401-1.

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Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Published for the Army Records Society.

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Great Britain: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993. Hardback. First Edition. Roberts in India. The Military Papers of Field Marshal Lord Roberts 1876-1893. Slightly lightened spine to D/J. The history of the British Army in the last quarter of the nineteenth century is dominated by two soldiers, Garnet Wolsely and Frederick Roberts. Almost exact contemporaries, they pursued parallel but separate careers for forty years, Wolsely in the British and Roberts, although a British Army officer, in the Indian Army. Roberts was an energetic and articulate writer and his surviving papers, hitherto unpublished, cover an extraordinary range of subjects. The papers in this volume have been selected, not merely to illustrate Roberts' career in India and the complex interreaction between India and the British policy, but to provide a fresh and unexpected portrait of late-Victorian military life. They show Roberts as a pioneer in humanising the soldier's life and, at the same time, as a complex and devious… Read More