The intriguing and colourful story of the Frontier Scouts, Pathan tribesmen led by young officers of the Indian Army and experienced officers of their own tribes, told mostly in the words of those British and Pathan officers themselves.

The Frontier Scouts

Engineering & Transportation

TRENCH, CHARLES CHENEVIX

Engineering

Oxford University Press

1984, hardcover UK edition, Jonathan Cape, London, U.K., 345 pages. Black and white illustrations. Daniel O'Connell was a famous politician called "The liberator of Ireland." He was a noted humanitarian who believed in the cause of the American Negro and, for more than a decade, he was THE principal radical in British politics.

Great Dan

Biographies & Memoirs

RH Canada UK Dist

The intriguing and colourful story of the Frontier Scouts, Pathan tribesmen led by young officers of the Indian Army and experienced officers of their own tribes, told mostly in the words of those British and Pathan officers themselves.

History

Americas

JONATHAN CAPE.

The tale of the Indian Political Service from 1919 to 1947 and an intimate and entertaining record of the officers responsible for relations with the princely states of India, the tribes of the North-West Frontier, and neighboring territories from Aden to Tibet. Photo-illustrated. Endpaper maps. Cloth binding, 371 pages including Illustrations, Abbreviations, Glossary, Appendix 1 (Biographical Notes), Appendix 2 (Viceroys of India), Bibliography, and Index. Jonathan Cape, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover.

Viceroy's agent

Jonathan Cape Ltd.

A history of horsemanship

Longman

George II

History Book Club

Of all the British Empire's peculiar champions, General Charles Gordon most exactly fulfilled the expectations and the heroic imaginings of the great public. He was brave; he was holy; he adventured in distant lands; he had marvelous eyes; and he died a martyr's death at Khartoum in the Sudan in 1884 when the English garrison was overrun by the Moslem fanatics of the Mahdi.But if Gordon was flawless as a legend, those closer to him knew a different side of his personality. Gladstone, who in public referred to Gordon as a hero of heroes, was privately infuriated by his eccentricities and independence. He was a chain smoker, a heavy drinker, and ever since Lytton Strachey's shocking, debunking portrait in EMINENT VICTORIANS, the hint of homosexuality has been attached to Gordon's name. Whereas Gordon once seemed a plaster saint, he appears to us now as something of a maverick. The unflinching courage might today be called neurosis, and even his simple, fundamentalist Christianity now seems to have its darker side.In constructing this full-length, splendidly researched portrait of a many faceted man, Charles Chenevix Trench confronts the central fact of Gordon's career and personality: the unaccountable fascination which he exercised over others. Time and again in these pages we meet men who were willing to uproot their lives and endure appalling hardships, just to follow Gordon: to China, to South Africa, to Khartoum. It was an extraordinary power, and simply by exerting it, Gordon, like T. E. Lawrence, influenced the course of world history.

The Road to Khartoum: A Life of General Charles Gordon

Hippocrene Books

Carroll & Graf Pub.

A History of Marksmanship

Exeter

This book is a study of the Kenyan Administrative Service from its establishment in 1892 until Kenya became independent in 1963. Uniquely in the British Empire, some areas of Kenya were considered to be ""white man's country"", and they attracted a mixed bag of settlers. Many worked hard to build up the territory and their farms, but some regarded Kenya as a rich man's playground - as so vividly portrayed in the book and film, ""White Mischief"". The Administrative Service's task was to ensure the colony's prosperity, largely through promoting efficient farming methods, and above all to safeguard the Kenyans' own interests. From its foundation it attracted colourful characters and even eccentrics. But all its members strove to reconcile a number of conflicting interests, to develop the territory and to ensure its prosperity. This common purpose continued right through to Kenya's independence, even during the bitterness and violence of Mau Mau.

Men Who Ruled Kenya: The Kenya Administration, 1892-1963

Africa

I.B.Tauris

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