By William Wright
ISBN-10: 0752493175
ISBN-13: 9780752493176
In Warriors of the Queen, William Wright surveys over a hundred and seventy of those males, interpreting their careers and personalities. He finds not just the lives of the good army names of the interval but in addition of these whom heritage has neglected, from James ‘Buster’ Browne, who as soon as fought a conflict in his nightshirt, to Jack Bisset, who had fought in 3 South African wars via his twenty-third birthday. in line with unique examine and complemented through over sixty images, Warriors of the Queen offers new perception into the lads who outfitted (and occasionally endangered) the British Empire at the battlefield.
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