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Queen Victoria's Enemies (3)

India

Men-at-Arms 219
  • Author: Ian Knight
  • Illustrator: Richard Scollins
  • Short code: MAA 219
  • Publication Date: 22 Mar 1990
  • ISBN: 9780850459432
  • Format: Paperback
  • Number of Pages: 48
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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.

Biographical Note

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. Richard Scollins was one of the most popular artists ever to work for Osprey. Rick was born in 1946 and pursued a career as an artist after four years at art college and a postgraduate teaching course at Cardiff. Rick quickly developed a distinct style and, despite being a pacifist, he gained a feel for military subjects. Rick's artwork was always realistic and is highly sought after by collectors. Rick Scollins died on 7th December 1992.

Contents

Introduction Afghanistan 1839-42 Sind and Gwalior 1843-45 The Sikh Wars 1845-49 The Indian Mutiny 1857-59 The North-West Frontier 1849-78 Afghanistan 1878-81 The Plates

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