Hon Sir John William Fortescue K C V O : 2 books
by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue K.C.V.O.
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Sir John Fortescue, widely known for his multi-volume history of the British Army was invited to give the Ford lecture in 1911, he choose for his subject the British political figures who guided Britain through the Napoleonic Period. The French revolutionary wars and the Napoleonic wars spanned more...
by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue K.C.V.O.
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Sir John Fortescue holds an un-rivalled place among the historians of the British Army, having written the best-known and most comprehensive account of its operations from its foundations in Norman times to the first World War. He may have rivals for certain periods of warface, notable Sir Charles...