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Victoria's Wars - The Rise of Empire (Paperback)
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Victoria's Wars - The Rise of Empire (Paperback)
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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.
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