Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero

by Halik Kochanski

"Before leaving England he placed his finger on a map of Egypt at the point now known to fame as Tel-El-Kebir, and said 'That is where I shall beat Arabi'".

No Victorian was a greater hero for a longer period than Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833-1913). The leading British general of the second half of the nineteenth century, he personally took part in a significantly influenced every campaign between the Crimea and the Boer War. To Disraeli...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852851880
• ISBN13: 9781852851880
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"