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Victoria's Wars
Saul David
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Description for Victoria's Wars
paperback. Explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expand her empire. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 406.
In Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire Saul David explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign,when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
This is the story of how it happened and the people who made it happen. In a fast-moving narrative ranging from London to the harsh terrain of India, Russia and the Far East, Saul David shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expand her empire. Yet little of this territorial acquisition was planned or sanctioned by the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141005553
SKU
V9780141005553
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Saul David
Saul David is Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham and the author of several critically acclaimed books, including The Indian Mutiny: 1857, Zulu and, most recently, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire. He recently presented 'Bullets, Boots and Bandages' for BBC 4 and is a regular contributor to Radio 4.
Reviews for Victoria's Wars
Splendid . . . a terrific treasure-chest of anecdotes . . . a splendidly brisk, cool and judicious narrator
Daily Telegraph
Incisive and acute . . . thorough and occasionally revelatory, [David] always finds a telling phrase, an eye-catching detail or a human story
Sunday Times
Incisive and acute . . . thorough and occasionally revelatory, ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Incisive and acute . . . thorough and occasionally revelatory, [David] always finds a telling phrase, an eye-catching detail or a human story
Sunday Times
Incisive and acute . . . thorough and occasionally revelatory, ... Read more