About the Author

Iain Gordon founded a company publishing a wide range of periodicals for the Ministry of Defence and Army garrisons and establishments throughout the world. He is the author of Soldier of the Raj: The Life of Richar Purvis 1789-1868 and Admiral of the Blue: The Life and Times of Admiral John Child Purvis 1747-1825, which was nominated and shortlisted for Mountbatten Maritime Prize 2006), as well as Bloodline: The Origins and Development of the Regular formatiosn fo the British Army.