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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) is one of the most important figures in the history of the British Empire. Beginning as Royal Engineer in the 1870s he would end his career over forty years later as Secretary of State for War - the iconic figure of World War I recruitment posters. In between he became both the most famous British soldier in the world during the peak period of European imperialism, and a celebrated and sometimes controversial pro-consul and administrator. At his death in 1916 he had literally become the 'face' of the British war effort. This new biography offers a timely and modern evaluation of a still disputed and complex military man of empire.
Table of Contents
A Peripatetic Childhood
Learning to be a Soldier
To Palestine and the Near East
In the Land of the Pharaohs
The Deserts of Sudan
Sirdar of the Egyptian Army
Victory at Omdurman
At Fashoda with the French
From Khartoum to Cape Town
The South African War
To India
Egypt Again
Warlord
A Watery Grave and an Enduring Legend
Product details
| Published | Apr 28 2016 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781784533502 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 17 bw in 8pp plates |
| Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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