DR STEPHEN MANNING is an Honorary Research Fellow of the History Department of the University of Exeter and Honorary Secretary of the Devonshire Historical Association. He lectures regularly on varied aspects of military history at such venues as the Royal Engineer's Museum and the National Army Museum.
It may come as some surprise that in such a popular area of military history there is no book that focuses on the experience of the Victorian soldier - from recruitment to embarkation, fighting and perhaps returning, perhaps dying - in his own words. Dr Manning's meticulous research...
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