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Queen Victoria's Enemies (3) - India

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - 1800 - 1900 A.D.

MSRP old price: $17.95


Product Info

Title
Queen Victoria's Enemies (3) - India
Publisher
Category
Author
Ian Knight
Publish Year
1990
Pages
48
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147472788
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA219
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA219

Description

By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne, India – some 1,600,000 square miles, ranging from soaring mountains to deserts and jungle swamps, populated by 400,000,000 people with a kaleidoscope of different cultures and religions – was firmly in the grip of a handful of British East India Company administrators, either ruling directly or through Indian nominees. However, the Company's search for a policy in western India embroiled it in a string of military campaigns, including one of the worst disasters ever to befall a British army. Ian Knight's fascinating text examines the absorbing, dramatic and brutal history of the Company's exploits against Victoria's Indian enemies.