The viceroy's fall: how Kitchener destroyed Curzon / Peter King
1986, 1st Edition. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #341355
ISBN: 0283993138
Physical description: 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Contents: Up the ladder of power -- Viceroy and sirdar -- The Curzons and Marker -- Curzon and the army wait for Kitchener -- Curzon and Brodrick -- Kitchener arrives in India -- Kitchener's first feint -- Kitchener's deployment of forces -- Let battle commence -- The resignation -- Teh ex-viceroy -- Mary's death -- The proof of the pudding -- Epitaph and conclusion. Subjects: Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon Marquess 1859-1925 Adversaries. Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener Earl 1850-1916 Adversaries. Viceroys India; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain; Biography.
Generals Great Britain; Biography.
Price: €18.00