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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.
Four times in the nineteenth century, popular protest movements
spread across the northern Japanese rice plain of Shonai. This
study skillfully portrays the changing character of the protests,
their relationship to one another, and their role in the societal
transformation of Shonai first during Japan's shift from tributary
polity to nation state and then from mercantilism to
capitalism.
Originally published in 1985.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
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.
With Genesis having formed over fifty years ago this photographic
book celebrates the family of bands from the seventies to the
present day. As well as being crammed full of images of Genesis
from the days with Peter Gabriel through to the 2007 reunion, this
book includes photos from the solo careers of Peter Gabriel, Phil
Collins, Steve Hackett, Mike & The Mechanics, Ray Wilson and
Anthony Phillips. Beautifully designed it includes previously
unpublished concert photos stretching back in time from the Lyceum,
London in 1971; Plymouth, 1972; Brighton, 1973 and unique photos
taken at Headley Grange, Hampshire in 1974 during the recording of
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - the last album with Peter Gabriel.
The journey continues with never before seen photos from the first
tour after Gabriel's departure as well as from Gabriel's first solo
tour. Following Steve Hackett's departure in 1977 the band is
captured at the massive Knebworth concert of `78. There are also
photos of Hackett, Gabriel from their appearances at the Reading
Festival where the later was reunited with Phil Collins. Moving
into the next decade and beyond there are plenty of shots of the
band during the hugely successful period with Phil Collins at the
helm and even the brief period with his successor Ray Wilson is
covered as well as the one off reunion with Gabriel and Hackett at
the Six Of The Best concert at Milton Keynes in 1982. Additional
imagery from the solo tours of Collins and Mike Rutherford's band
Mike & The Mechanics help to round off the book along with
plenty of photos that continue to document the solo careers of
Hackett and Gabriel in recent times, as well as paying homage to
the band's original guitarist Anthony Phillips that ensures all
facets of the band are covered.
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