Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire
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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Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire
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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Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire

Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire

Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire

Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844688623
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Publication date: 01/24/2020
Sold by: OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 276
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Stephen Manning specializes in military history.
Dr. Stephen Manning is an Honorary Research Fellow in the History Department at the University of Exeter and has made a special study of Victorian military history. In addition to publishing many articles in academic journals he has written several books including Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire, Soldiers of the Queen; Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges; The Martini-Henry Rifle; and Bayonet to Barrage: Weaponry on the Victorian Battlefield.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     viii
Abbreviations     ix
List of Maps     x
Foreword   Saul David     xi
Prologue     xii
A Family Tradition     1
Under Fire - The Crimean War     11
The Search for Glory     33
Love & Marriage     54
Into Africa     67
Battalion Command     90
Hlobane & Kambula - Defeat & Victory     112
Honours & Dishonour     136
Egyptian Command & the Race to Khartoum     160
A Skeleton in the Cupboard     186
The War Office, Army Reform & Personal Survival     207
Service to the End     224
Notes     241
Bibliography     258
Index     261

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