Our Soldiers; Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Queen Victoria's
Reign, by W.H.G. Kingston.
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A very interesting book telling us about the various deeds of the
British Army throughout the reign of Queen Victoria. Most of us will be
aware of nearly all of the campaigns, but that there were so many comes
as a bit of a shock. Although many of the campaigns and battles were
favourably completed, quite a few were not, and this also comes as a bit
of a shock.
Kingston was the original author, but died many years before the end of
Queen Victoria's reign, and the work was taken in hand by Mr G.A.
Henty, also a prolific writer of books for teenagers. There was some
evidence in the book of two or more authors being at work, by reason of
different spellings for the same person or item. For instance one of
the authors spelt "Gatling guns" as "Catling guns". The Ghurkas also
appeared in several variants, and a character called "Soojah-ul-Moolk"
appeared with a different spelling practically every time!
Having cleared all that out of the way, we present you with a most
interesting book that we hope you will greatly enjoy reading, or just
glancing through.
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OUR SOLDIERS; GALLANT DEEDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY DURING QUEEN VICTORIA'S
REIGN, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.