FORTESCUE'S HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY

This work, which is an evergreen classic, covers the history of the British Army from the Norman Conquest down to the Cardwell reforms of 1870, when commission by purchase was finally abolished. The very last chapter of the work looks at the British Army up to 1914.The Naval and Military Press have reprinted this valuable and timeless work in its entirety, faithful to the originals in all respects. The contents of the individual volumes are as follows: Map Compendium - An amalgamation of all six separate map volumes in a single binding containing the complete set of large maps which accompanied Fortescue's A History of the British Army.