HISTORY OF GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER’S CONQUEST OF SCINDE 1843: History Of General Sir Charles Napier?S Conquest Of Scinde - Couverture souple

Napier, Sir W. F. P.

 
9781845740146: HISTORY OF GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER’S CONQUEST OF SCINDE 1843: History Of General Sir Charles Napier?S Conquest Of Scinde
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ISBN 10 : 1845740149 ISBN 13 : 9781845740146
Editeur : Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

‘Peccavi' - the Latin for ‘I have sinned' - was the punning one-word telegram with which General Sir Charles Napier announced to the world his 1843 capture of Scinde (or Sind). Napier, a much wounded 61-year-old veteran of the Peninsula War, was placed in charge of the turbulent province, whose ruling Emirs, encouraged by British reverses in nearby Afghanistan, rose against Britain's power. Napier's forces routed the Emirs at the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad and the region became a key part of British India, making Napier into a popular Victorian hero. Unsurprisingly, Sir William Napier, the author of this work, is an uncritical admirer of his brother and fellow General, and is unsparing in his critique of those he perceives as Charles Napier's British enemies in the bureaucratic turf wars of the Raj. With 12 appendices and several endpaper maps.

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‘Peccavi' - the Latin for ‘I have sinned' - was the punning one-word telegram with which General Sir Charles Napier announced to the world his 1843 capture of Scinde (or Sind). Napier, a much wounded 61-year-old veteran of the Peninsula War, was placed in charge of the turbulent province, whose ruling Emirs, encouraged by British reverses in nearby Afghanistan, rose against Britain's power. Napier's forces routed the Emirs at the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad and the region became a key part of British India, making Napier into a popular Victorian hero. Unsurprisingly, Sir William Napier, the author of this work, is an uncritical admirer of his brother and fellow General, and is unsparing in his critique of those he perceives as Charles Napier's British enemies in the bureaucratic turf wars of the Raj. With 12 appendices and several endpaper maps.

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Éditeur
Naval and Military Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845740149
ISBN 13 
9781845740146
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
372
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781847344090: History of General Sir Charles Napier's Conquest of Scinde

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ISBN 10 :  1847344097 ISBN 13 :  9781847344090
Editeur : Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
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