Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914

Nonfiction, History, British, Military
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Author: Richard Holmes ISBN: 9780007370344
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication: October 6, 2011
Imprint: HarperPress Language: English
Author: Richard Holmes
ISBN: 9780007370344
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: October 6, 2011
Imprint: HarperPress
Language: English

Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown. This is a stunning account of Indian soldiering in peace and war, from the barrack rooms to the cavalry swirling across open plains. Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes not only illuminates the lives and feelings of the men who served, but also those of the women who followed them across a vast continent, bore their children, and suffered alongside them in the merciless conditions.

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Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown. This is a stunning account of Indian soldiering in peace and war, from the barrack rooms to the cavalry swirling across open plains. Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes not only illuminates the lives and feelings of the men who served, but also those of the women who followed them across a vast continent, bore their children, and suffered alongside them in the merciless conditions.

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