Author: Laurie, William
Publisher: Orchid Pr
Year: 2003
ISBN: 9748304027
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description: New book, 280 pages. An account of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, undertaken to promote the activities of British colonial merchants in the region, and to avenge perceived "insults . . injustice and oppression" of British representatives by the Burmese court. A detailed account of the campaign, first published in 1853, as seen through the eyes of an English officer, with sketchmaps of the defenses of Rangoon and Bassein.
