Queen Victoria's Enemies (3): India

Author/Contributor(s):	Knight, Ian; Scollins, Richard
Publisher:	Osprey Publishing (UK)
Date:	03/22/1990
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne, India – some 1,600,000 square miles, ranging from soaring mountains to deserts and jungle swamps, populated by 400,000,000 people with a kaleidoscope of different cultures and religions – was firmly in the grip of a handful of British East India Company administrators, either ruling directly or through Indian nominees. However, the Company's search for a policy in western India embroiled it in a string of military campaigns, including one of the worst disasters ever to befall a British army. Ian Knight's fascinating text examines the absorbing, dramatic and brutal history of the Company's exploits against Victoria's Indian enemies.