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Historical person
1832–1914
Frederick Roberts was a British Army commander associated with imperial campaigns in India, Afghanistan and South Africa. His military reputation was built on rapid operations, public celebrity and a career that reflected the global reach of Victorian Britain.
David Gilman’s The Last Horseman places Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts within a narrative shaped by empire, conquest and resistance, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter.
Historical context
Series
Blackwood of the Empire follows the fictional Welsh officer William Blackwood through two major campaigns of the late Victorian army. The first three novels place him in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, from the disordered opening invasion through Hlobane, Kambula and the final advance on Ulundi. The later…
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The Jack Windrush series follows a Victorian army officer from the Second Anglo-Burmese War through the Crimea, the Indian Rebellion, frontier campaigns, West Africa, Afghanistan, Egypt and the Sudan. Beginning as an ambitious young lieutenant in the disregarded 113th Foot, Windrush becomes an experienced commander increasingly sceptical of…
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The Soldier’s Son follows Andrew Baird, son of Jack Windrush, as he tries to establish a military identity of his own in the late Victorian empire. His service begins in southern Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War and continues through the First Boer War, the conquest of Upper Burma,…
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