Evelyn Wood VC
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Evelyn Wood VC

Pillar of Empire

Stephen Manning

  1. 276 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Evelyn Wood VC

Pillar of Empire

Stephen Manning

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About This Book

Given the increasing interest in the Victorian era an authoritative biography of Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC is long overdue. By any standards his career was remarkable and began with him in the Royal Navy in the Crimea before he transferred to the cavalry to see more action.

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Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Year
2008
ISBN
9781844688623
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of plates
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Abbreviations
  9. List of Maps
  10. Foreword by Saul David
  11. Prologue
  12. Chapter 1: A Family Tradition
  13. Chapter 2: Under Fire – The Crimean War
  14. Chapter 3: The Search for Glory
  15. Chapter 4: Love & Marriage
  16. Chapter 5: Into Africa
  17. Chapter 6: Battalion Command
  18. Chapter 7: Hlobane & Kambula – Defeat & Victory
  19. Chapter 8: Honours & Dishonour
  20. Chapter 9: Egyptian Command & the Race to Khartoum
  21. Chapter 10: A Skeleton in the Cupboard
  22. Chapter 11: The War Office, Army Reform & Personal Survival
  23. Chapter 12: Service to the End
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography