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The Lion and the Dragon
Britain's Opium Wars with China 1839-1860
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India.
ISBN-13: 9781781557174 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Mark Simner
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Local release date: 11/10/2019
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Categories: True war & combat stories [BTM]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]Colonialism & imperialism [HBTQ]Military history [HBW]Battles & campaigns [JWLF]United Kingdom, Great Britain [1DBK]China [1FPC]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]

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Chitral 1895
An Episode of the Great Game
'Chitral 1895: An Episode of the Great Game' examines the true story of a garrison of British Army officers and their Indian troops at Chitral Fort, and the subsequent military campaign fought to relieve them. Although called a 'minor siege' at the time, it was an important last move in the 'Great Game' between the British and Russian empires.
ISBN-13: 9781781556184 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Mark Simner
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Local release date: 29/08/2017
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Categories: Asian history [HBJF]Military history [HBW]Battles & campaigns [JWLF]India [1FKA]Pakistan [1FKP]British Empire [1QDB]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]

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Pathan Rising
Jihad on the North West Frontier of India 1897-1898
The tribal unrest-stirred up by fanatical Islamic religious leaders calling for Jihad against the British-that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in 1897. It was a short but sharp period of violence that would see the award of no fewer than eleven VCs, in what was the most serious challenge to the Empire since the Indian Mutiny.
ISBN-13: 9781781555408 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Mark Simner
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Local release date: 08/12/2016
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Categories: Military history [HBW]Afghanistan [1FCA]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]

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