Table of Contents

Preface Glossary Prelude Friday the Thirteenth: An Action for Slander Chapter 1 The Beatsons of Kilrie: The High Road to India Chapter 2 First Passage to India Chapter 3 The Young Sahib Chapter 4 Spanish Interlude: With the British Auxiliary Legion Chapter 5 First Command: the Bundlecund Legion Chapter 6 Following the Elephant Chapter 7 The Heights of Trukki Chapter 8 In the Nizam's Dominions Chapter 9 Shemshi Pasha on the Danube Chapter 10 'The Most Glorious Thing I Ever Saw' Chapter 11 Dardanelles Camp Chapter 12 The Grand Bozook Chapter 13 Descent into Farce Chapter 14 The Man in the Golden Coat Chapter 15 Return to India Chapter 16 Hunting Tantya Tope Chapter 17 Talk of the Town Chapter 18 Soldiering On: A Military Impresario Bibliography Notes Index

About the Author

Richard Stevenson is a freelance writer, specialising in military history. He was awarded the 2012 Howard Browne medal by the Victorian Military Society.