Forty-one Years in India. From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief. ... 2 vols.

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London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1897. 8vo. Orig. blind-stamped cloth (spine extremities a little rubbed). Gilt. With title-pages in red and black, title-vigns., frontisps., 24 full-page plates, 4 fold. plans, fold. map, and adverts. Uncut. Previous owners bookplates on front end-papers and name on half title-pages. NOTE: Frederick Sleigh Roberts, first Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford (1832-1914), was an outstanding British Officer during the Victorian era. In 1858 he won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny. He gained fame as a Major-General during the Second Afghan War of 1878-1880, with his march from Kabul to the relief of Kandahar. In 1900 he was commander-in-chief of British forces in the South African War, where he captured the Boer's capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria.