1983, Manchester University Press, Hardback, E.M.Spiers. 262pp. 5 maps, 2 b/w plates.
VERY GOOD IN VG D/J. Slight ageing to page edges & bump to lower rear corner.
An Anglo-Irish veteran of the Peninsular, Waterloo and North America, he went on to shine in Crimea, one of the few who did, and used his popularity to attempt Army reform. That he failed sets not only a human limit to De Lacy Evans' abilities but to the capacity of the Establishment to accept constructive criticism in the face of overwhelming evidence that reform was required.
ISBN:0719009294