Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief
Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, published in 1897, is the memoir of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, one of the most celebrated British soldiers of the Victorian age. Roberts arrived in India as a young artillery officer in 1852 and recounts the Indian Mutiny of 1857, including the siege of Delhi and the relief of Lucknow, frontier expeditions, the Abyssinian campaign, the Second Afghan War and his famous march from Kabul to Kandahar, and his years as commander-in-chief in India. The book was an immediate best seller and gives a soldier's view of empire, candid about campaigns and confident in its assumptions. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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