Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in

The senior British generals of the Victorian era - men like Wolseley, Roberts, Gordon and Kitchener - were heroes of their time. As soldiers, administrators and

A new study of one of Britain's most famous soldiers.

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Of all the wars fought by Britain between 1815 and 1914, the South African War was the most extensive and costly. This book offers a survey of the disputes whic