| Queen Victoria's Enemies (3): India Contributor(s): Knight, Ian (Author), Scollins, Rick (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0850459435 ISBN-13: 9780850459432 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) |
| Dewey: 623 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 7.23" W x 9.73" (0.37 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |