Unlikely Hero

George Scott Robertson

Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Dorothy Anderson ISBN: 9780752486857
Publisher: The History Press Publication: November 1, 2008
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Dorothy Anderson
ISBN: 9780752486857
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: November 1, 2008
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan, George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895 against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated as a hero, but this was only one chapter in what was an extraordinary life. Traveling in India, Canada, and Kafiristan, he took part in numerous military expeditions on the frontier, wrote a renowned ethnography—The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush—and in later life became a vociferous MP representing Central Bradford, whose radical Liberal views both pleased and shocked his constituents. Elegantly written and well researched from materials provided by the Robertson family, this is the story of an adventurer, ethnographer, soldier, surgeon, businessman, and politician which will be of interest to any student of the period.

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Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan, George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895 against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated as a hero, but this was only one chapter in what was an extraordinary life. Traveling in India, Canada, and Kafiristan, he took part in numerous military expeditions on the frontier, wrote a renowned ethnography—The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush—and in later life became a vociferous MP representing Central Bradford, whose radical Liberal views both pleased and shocked his constituents. Elegantly written and well researched from materials provided by the Robertson family, this is the story of an adventurer, ethnographer, soldier, surgeon, businessman, and politician which will be of interest to any student of the period.

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