The Kitchener enigma : the life and death of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916
Royle, Trevor2016
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This critically acclaimed biography, fully updated, is supported by family papers. Royle revises Kitchener's latterday image to reveal a warm-hearted, tender and caring man capable of displaying great loyalty and love to those close to him. New light is thrown on his Irish childhood, his years in the Middle East and his attachment to the Arab cause, and on the infamous struggle with Lord Curzon over the army in India.
Main title:
Author:
Royle, Trevor, author
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2016.Stroud : The History Press, 2016.
Collation:
416 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: London: Michael Joseph, 1985.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750967297 (hbk)
Dewey class:
355.332092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2312796