03143nam 22006011 450 991079198290332120120206140033.00-7556-2562-51-283-06641-697866130664110-85771-921-110.5040/9780755625628(CKB)2560000000073112(EBL)688276(OCoLC)776100598(SSID)ssj0000544875(PQKBManifestationID)12201000(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544875(PQKBWorkID)10535713(PQKB)11218691(MiAaPQ)EBC688276(Au-PeEL)EBL688276(CaPaEBR)ebr11078021(CaONFJC)MIL306641(OCoLC)1160068778(UtOrBLW)bpp09265561(EXLCZ)99256000000007311220200605d2011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrServants of empire an imperial memoir of a British family /F.R.H. Du BoulayLondon ;New York :I.B. Tauris,2011.1 online resource (273 p.)Includes index.1-84885-571-0 Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 A letter writing family -- Chapter 2 The Victorian Gunner - Noel Wilmot -- Chapter 3 Viceroy's secretary - James -- Chapter 4 Transvaal Livings - Mary; Richard; Philip; Phyllis -- Chapter 5 Man of Egypt - Philip Appendix The Du Boulay Family."Spanning three continents, several generations and conflicts waged in every corner of the globe, this unusual memoir offers a memorable glimpse of late Imperial life. From General Gordon's Siege of Khartoum to the Boxer Uprising, the Boer War and World War One, this book is a fascinating record of the intersection of the lives of a single British family with the drama of world affairs. Drawing on an outstanding collection of original letters exchanged between six siblings and their parents, the eminent historian F.R.H. Du Boulay has brilliantly reconstructed the lost world of his father's generation. With this book he offers a compelling portrait of a Victorian family and casts fresh light on the daily lives of the British who chose to make their lives abroad as part of the fabric of the Empire. "Servants of Empire" brilliantly sets domestic concerns alongside life-changing world events to produce an appealing blend of the homely and the exotic. It will be an invaluable source for the specialist historian of Empire as well as a fascinating portrait of British social history for the general reader."--Bloomsbury publishing.MemoirsBICGreat BritainHistoryEdward VII, 1901-1910Great BritainHistoryGeorge V, 1910-1936Great BritainHistoryVictoria, 1837-1901Memoirs.941.0810922Du Boulay F. R. H1497904UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910791982903321Servants of empire3723212UNINA