The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. I (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Michie, Alexander, 1833-1902

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The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Michie, Alexander, 1833-1902

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Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry, 1870-

“…Introduction: The Victorian era -- Thomas Carlyle, prophet -- Sir Robert Peel, statesman -- Sir Charles Napier, soldier -- The Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist -- Lord Lawrence, administrator -- John Bright, tribune -- Charles Dickens, noveli…”
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A military history of India and South Asia from the East India Company to the nuclear era

Table of Contents: “…The armed expansion of the English East India Company : 1740s-1849 / Kaushik Roy -- The Great Sepoy Mutiny / Raymond Callahan -- The martial races and the Indian Army in the Victorian era / Douglas M. Peers -- "The greatest training ground in the world" : the Army in India and the North-West frontier, 1901-1947 / Tim Moreman -- The Indian Army in the First World War 1914-1918 / David Omissi -- Grudging concessions : the officer corps and its Indianization, 1817-1940 / Chandar S. …”

A brief history of life in Victorian Britain a social history of Queen Victoria's reign by Paterson, Mike 1956-

To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918 by Hochschild, Adam