The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney

The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney
Author: Allan Pritchard
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0774842571

This previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. A keen observer of life in the new world, Edmund Hope Verney corresponded on a regular basis with his father, a prominent British MP. In his letters, which are filled with lively narration and description, candid commentary, and fascinating personal detail, he talks about having 'the opportunity to observe a colony in [its first] stage of existence' and to 'watch the development of a community.'

Shannon's Brigade

Shannon's Brigade
Author: Vivian Stuart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780708931004

Tells an exciting and vivid story of the part played by the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the Indian Mutiny. Two of Commander Phillip Hazard's sisters are in India's upper provinces and, anxious for their safety, he joins HMS Shannon - bound for Calcutta - as a volunteer.

The History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58: Vol 4

The History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58: Vol 4
Author: Sir John Kaye
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781510091

Volume IV of VI Best edition of the standard work (with analytical index in Vol. VI) Contemporary review from the Athenaeum: "It only be remarked that Colonel Malleson wields his pen with so much skill that while giving a realistic account of all important operations, passing over no really noteworthy act of talent or heroism, and acutely criticising everything which demands criticism, he abstains from overlaying his narrative with details which would have increased the bulk of his book beyond all reason. Another characteristic of Colonel Malleson is that he never hesitates to condemn conduct of which he disapproves or to draw attention to errors which he conceives were committed, whatever the rank or position of those who are the objects of his criticism. The result is that many of the actors in the drama will find their laurels somewhat injured, while others, who from official prejudice have not yet received full credit for their exploits, obtain from the author due praise for their services. The rewards given for the Mutiny were liberal, but it is distressing to find that some of them were undeserved, while on the other hand, many able and gallant men have received no recognition at all ... There are many highly-placed officials whose fame is sadly tarnished by the frank, truthful criticisms of the fearless, uncompromising author of the book before us."