A former Harrow master gathers personal stories from the sieges of the last two centuries: the great siege of Gibraltar, Acre in 1799, the stormings of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, a prisoner in San Sebastian, Jellalabad, Sebastopol and the Indian Mutiny. His interest is in the people inside and outside the walls — their courage, cunning and suffering.
Stirring Edwardian narrative history in the boys’-book tradition, carrying the imperial outlook of its day. Download the free EPUB.