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The viceroy's fall: how Kitchener destroyed Curzon / Peter King
by King, Peter
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0283993138
- ISBN 13
- 9780283993138
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Title
- The viceroy's fall: how Kitchener destroyed Curzon / Peter King
- Author
- King, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0283993138
- ISBN 13
- 9780283993138
- Publisher
- London: Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
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