Letters of a Victorian Army Officer. Edward Wellesley. 1840-1854. Major, 73rd Regiment of Foot. Army Records Society. Vol. 11

Edited By Michael Carver. Field Marshal His Great Grandson

ISBN 10: 0750910798 / ISBN 13: 9780750910798

Published by Alan Sutton Publishing, Great Britain, 1995

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Hardback. First Edition. Letters of a Victorian Army Officer. Edward Wellesley.This book contains correspo9ndence of Edward Wellesley, great nephew of the 1st Duke of Wellington, to his mother, wife and brother, who was in the Foreign Office. The letters were written whilst he was serving in the 7th Kaffir War, 1851-1853 in South Africa. They also cover his service on the staff of Lord Raglan during the latter's journey to and arrival in the Crimea, where Major Wellesley died of cholera at the age of 31. The bulk of the correspondence is with his brother and includes vivid descriptions of events and personalities, some of them, such as General Sir Harry Smith and Lord Raglan, well known. Frontipiece. 224 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters of a Victorian Army Officer. Edward Wellesley. 1840-1854. Major, 73rd Regiment of Foot. Army Records Society. Vol. 11
• Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750910798
• ISBN 13: 9780750910798
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History and War

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Synopsis

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, dustwrapper (Fine/Fine). Pp. xiv + 224, illus with b&w frontispiece and map (no inscriptions). [Correspondence of Duke of Wellington's brother.]