The British Army has rarely experienced a defeat of the kind that occurred in Afghanistan in January 1842. Provided here are extracts from the official government account of events between October 1841 and January 1842, along with excerpts from the diaries of Lieutenant Vincent Eyre and Lady Florentia Sale, both of whom were finally released in September 1842 - after eight months of being moved around the region in fear of their lives.
The British Army has rarely experienced a defeat of the kind that occurred in Afghanistan in January 1842. Provided here are extracts from the officia...
The 'Irish Crown Jewels' - the regalia or insignia of the Order of St Patrick, a chivalric order founded by the government in 1783 - mysteriously disappeared on or before 6th July 1907, as King Edward VII was on the point of visiting Ireland to invest a knight of the Order of St Patrick. The task entrusted to the Vice-Regal Commission appointed by the Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland was not to conduct a criminal investigation but to determine whether Sir Arthur Vicars, the Ulster King of Arms (the state heraldic and genealogical officer in charge of the Of ce of Arms...
The 'Irish Crown Jewels' - the regalia or insignia of the Order of St Patrick, a chivalric order founded by the government in 1783 - mysteriously disa...
This book is one of a series of official documents republished in order to describe a moment in history. The series is edited by Tim Coates 'Dealing with Josef Stalin' describes the diplomatic negotiations between The Soviet Union, Great Britain and France between March and September 1939 ""Papers Regarding the Anglo-Soviet Negotiations 1939, Russia No.... (1939)" is a document prepared for publication by The British Government in 1940, but withdrawn on the instructions of the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, for reasons that are explained in the introduction to this book. The collection,...
This book is one of a series of official documents republished in order to describe a moment in history. The series is edited by Tim Coates 'Dealing w...
The story of the British invasion of Tibet in 1903 and eventual signing of a peace treaty in 1904 is told through excerpts from official correspondence between the Commission for Tibet Frontier Matters and India and from diaries kept by Colonel Francis Younghusband.
The story of the British invasion of Tibet in 1903 and eventual signing of a peace treaty in 1904 is told through excerpts from official correspondenc...
Tim Coates' report on the management of public libraries in Great Britain attracted wide attention when it was first published in 2004 and has been used in many countries as a training manual and the focus for discussion
Tim Coates' report on the management of public libraries in Great Britain attracted wide attention when it was first published in 2004 and has been us...
