Evelyn Wood, V.C.: the Ashanti, Gaika & Zulu Wars-The Campaigns in Africa 1873-1880: My Zululand Experiences by Evelyn Wood & Ashanti to the Zulu War by Charles Williams

The African campaigns of a notable Victorian soldier

There can be few students of the British Empire of the 19th century who are unfamiliar with the career of Evelyn Wood. In a time of outstanding military men, Wood was a national celebrity, for he fought with distinction in a number of conflicts in the Victorian Age from the Crimean War to the Indian Mutiny--where he won his Victoria Cross--and the Boer War and war in the Sudan at the turn of the century. Nevertheless, Wood arguably achieve...