The Shervintons: Soldiers of Fortune ~ Shervinton of Madagascar; Shervinton of Salvador, and Tom Shervinton N.N.C.

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Octavo, 280pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Top edge is gilt. Mild soil on cover. Preliminary pages have some foxing. Front free endpaper removed. Very scarce book. Chapters include: I. EARLY LIFE; II. IN SOUTH AFRICA¿GAIKA AND GAELIKA WARS; III. TOM SHERVINTON A TROOPER IN SOUTH AFRICA; IV. THE ZULU WAR; V. THE SIEGE OF EKOWE; VI. TWO BROTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA ; VII. THE BASUTO WAR; VIII. THE RELIEF OF MAFETING; IX. END OF THE BASUT& WAR; X. IN MADAGASCAR; XI. THE FIRST WAR WITH THE FRENCH; XII. DIEGO SUAREZ AND THE EMBASSIES TO FRANCE; XIII. THE DUEL WITH M. DUCRAY; XIV. THE PROTECTORATE OF FRANCE; XV. THE FRENCH CALUMNIES¿THE EXEQUATUR; XVI. DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE FRENCH; XVII. HOME TO ENGLAND AND HURRIED RETURN; XVIII. SHERVINTON'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN; XIX. RESIGNATION OF SHERVINTON AND HIS OFFICERS; XX. THE FRENCH CAMPAIGN IN MADAGASCAR; SHERVINTON OF SALVADOR; I. FIGHTING IN SALVADOR; II. A CHALLENGE AND ARREST; III. A MISSION TO GUATEMALA; IV. RETURN HOME. N° de ref. del artículo 022977

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