Forty-One years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief [2 Volumes]
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Forty-One years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, London: Richard Bentley and Son Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen, 1897, 2 Volumes
Volume I: xx + engraved frontispiece, 511 pages including 13 plates and 6 maps (3 folding), first edition
Volume II: xii, [2], engraved frontispiece, 522 pages including 1 plate and 4 folding maps, [64, publisher's catalogue including index], 21st edition
Original dark blue decorated cloth boards with upper boards having gilt monogram (each)
9 x 6 in (22.8 x 15.2 cm) (each)
Victorian era Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts was one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family. He joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he won a Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of the British Army before the post was abolished in 1904. Roberts is one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century and made his reputation in India and South Africa. He entered the military as a Second Lieutenant in the East India Company Army in December 1851 and participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), and the Second Boer War (1899-1902)
After returning from India, Roberts compiled his memoirs: "Forty-one Years in India" which is a magnificently produced and illustrated documentation of over four decades. The work was an immediate success and went through several printings in the first year. The work remains an extremely useful historical source. Roberts was considered a fine field commander who was bold and decisive in any given tactical situation. His two-volume work presents an excellent narrative of his time in India and provides historically accurate details on the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
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