Emery, F - Marching Over Africa - Letters from Victorian Soldiers

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1986. 204 pages, index, bibliography, sources, illustrations and maps. Africa was the scene of dozens of military expeditions during Queen Victoria's long reign. In this book the author draws on letters from officers and men who participated in various campaigns from 1868 to 1898. Campaigns include Abysinnia 1868, Zulu War 1879, Egypt 1882, Sudan 1880s and 1898. Brown cloth boards, illustrated dj. G.