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In May 1857, with the Indian Mutiny reaching boiling point, Sir
Henry Lawrence summoned from their homes two sets of pensioners,
one of sepoys and one of artillerymen, to defend the Lucknow
British Residency. Lawrence would not clear the mosques surrounding
the 60-acre site, which provided cover for rebel sharpshooters and
artillery – ‘Spare the holy places’ – and was almost
immediately killed by a shell. Thus began one of the most dramatic
episodes in the history of the British Empire: truly a Victorian
epic. Hundreds of women and children cowered in the complex as the
bombs and bullets flew. The first relief attempt led by Maj Gen
Havelock failed. The tens of thousands of besiegers undermined the
defences and food was running out. With massive loss of life and
after 87 days, the relief force reached the Residency – to become
besieged themselves for another six weeks. The 64-year-old Sir
Colin Campbell led the second relief column through the rebels, the
4th Punjab Infantry Regiment emptying their muskets and resorting
to the bayonet. After 148 days under siege, retreat was the only
option and the whole garrison moved to Cawnpore. The following
March, Lucknow was retaken. Victorian military history expert
William Wright returns to primary sources to tell the extraordinary
story.
Alabama has a storied history: Fewer than ten generations ago,
Alabama was owned by the Spanish (who claimed Mobile until 1813),
then the British, and then the United States, after failing to
secede into a Confederacy. Following the Civil War, Alabama
suffered economic collapse and depended on the few crops it could
sell or export to exist as a unified state. Today, the state
thrives, but its troubled history has left a mark that, with hope,
fades with time, compassion, and understanding. Alabama is among
the most naturally dynamic states in the nation, its ecosystems
ranging from Appalachian mountains, through rolling Piedmont, to
the vast Gulf Shore. In this tenth volume of The Southern Poetry
Anthology, the editors have achieved a remarkable task; they have
revealed another wide variegation that makes Alabama so dynamic:
poets in the Yellowhammer State with both established and new
voices. They have elucidated the impressive and exciting diversity
of poets who consider or have considered Alabama home.
A stimulating and highly readable account of the world of genetic research and molecular biology and its findings over the last half-century. Challenges common assumptions and theories of what determines our personality and behaviour.
Originally published in 1901, this book contains the first half of
the catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the collection of the
University Library, Cambridge. Each record includes the provenance
of the manuscript in question, where possible, and the introduction
provides a small account of the formation of the Library's
collection. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest
in the collections of the University Library or in Syriac
literature.
Originally published in 1901, this book contains the second half of
the catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the collection of the
University Library, Cambridge. Each record includes the provenance
of the manuscript in question, where possible. This book will be of
value to anyone with an interest in the collections of the
University Library or in Syriac literature.
Who were the men who commanded the British Army in the numerous
small wars of the Victorian Empire? Today, many are all but
forgotten, save the likes of Cardigan, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and
Gordon of Khartoum. Yet they were a disparate and fascinating
assemblage, made up of men of true military genius, as well as
egoists, fools and despots. In Warriors of the Queen, William
Wright surveys over 170 of these men, examining their careers and
personalities. He reveals not only the lives of the great military
names of the period but also of those whom history has overlooked,
from James 'Buster' Browne, who once fought a battle in his
nightshirt, to Jack Bisset, who had fought in three South African
wars by his twenty-third birthday. Based on original research and
complemented by over sixty photographs, Warriors of the Queen
provides new insight into the men who built (and sometimes
endangered) the British Empire on the battlefield.
This work, first published in 1895, and here republished in
facsimile, tells of the author's travels on horseback throughout
that region of the Middle East centring on the oasis of Palmyra.
Though largely a narrative of the author's travels, the true value
of the work lies in the wealth of detailed information on the
archaeological features of the area, and particularly important are
the large number of plates and engravings of historical sites and
artefacts, many of which are now lost. The republication of this
work will be widely welcomed by historians and students of Middle
Eastern history.
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