Queen Victoria's Enemies (3) : India (Men at Arms Series, 219) - Softcover

Knight, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850459435 ISBN 13: 9780850459432

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1990

Synopsis

By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne, India – some 1,600,000 square miles, ranging from soaring mountains to deserts and jungle swamps, populated by 400,000,000 people with a kaleidoscope of different cultures and religions – was firmly in the grip of a handful of British East India Company administrators, either ruling directly or through Indian nominees. However, the Company's search for a policy in western India embroiled it in a string of military campaigns, including one of the worst disasters ever to befall a British army. Ian Knight's fascinating text examines the absorbing, dramatic and brutal history of the Company's exploits against Victoria's Indian enemies.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.

About the Author:

Ian Knight was born in 1956. He was a freelance writer on military history for ten years before studying Afro-Caribbean History at the University of Kent. He has written widely on Zulu history and travelled extensively in Zululand. Ian was the editor of the Victorian Military Society journal for many years, and has written several books for Osprey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0850459435
• ISBN 13: 9780850459432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Scollins Rick