2006, ISBN: 8d2dd680f1d49263b91775f57888ef71

Viking, Penguin, 503p. Gut 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… Mehr…

Viking, Penguin, 503p. Gut 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 home government. Instead it was largely the work of the men on the ground, and to those at home it really did seem that the empire was acquired in a 'fit of absence of mind'. Saul David creates a vivid portrait of life on the violent fringes of empire, and of the seemingly endless and brutal wars that were fought in the name of trade, civilization and the balance of power. 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 ). Saul David is Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham and the author of several critically acclaimed history books, including The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year) and, most recently, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire .Europäische Geschichte 2006<

2007, ISBN: 8d2dd680f1d49263b91775f57888ef71

[PU: Penguin Books], HISTORY, QUEEN VICTORIA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE 553, Paperback. Very Good condition. Not Inscribed. 503 pages. Illustrated. Fabulously pacy anecdotally rich filled with F… Mehr…

[PU: Penguin Books], HISTORY, QUEEN VICTORIA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE 553, Paperback. Very Good condition. Not Inscribed. 503 pages. Illustrated. Fabulously pacy anecdotally rich filled with Flashmanish derring-do and a sense of both the brutalities and the thrills of the age of empire. Accompanied by the thunder of cannon, the whistle of flying bullets and the ringing clash of steel, Britain secured and built its empire in a series of bloody conflicts in the east between 1837 and 1861 during the early reign of Queen Victoria.<

2007, ISBN: 8d2dd680f1d49263b91775f57888ef71

[PU: Penguin Books], MILITARY HISTORY, Penguin Books, 2007, reprint8. Paperback, 8vo, xvii,503pp, illust. Covers a little bumped and creased. A fair copy. 9780141005553