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(Hardback)

By: Dr Stephen Manning

ISBN: 9781441113597
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Chronicles the three very different sieges of Quebec and sheds light on these pivotal eighteenth-century conflicts. This book describes the power of the city to draw historical figures such as Benedict Arnold and George Washington. It focuses on the detail of military strategy.


(Paperback)

By: Dr Stephen Manning

ISBN: 9781780965062
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2013
UK Publication Date: 20th May 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The breech-loading, single-shot .458 in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. This study tells the story of the Martini-Henry and its impact on the battlefield.