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The podcast for military history geeks and people with a passion for good stories. We focus on British and Commonwealth military history from the birth of the redcoat era through to modern warfare.
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Alexander Burnes - soldier, explorer, shagger - One of the most interesting men in British colonial history. In today's episode, learn the story of this complex man who is a character in the computer game Assassin's creed and is also in the novel Flashman.
Below are the links to the books I used for my research. Some are Amazon links, if you purchase via these then Amazon throw me a few cents in change.
Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game - https://amzn.to/3jHWIE3
John Kaye, Lives of Indian officers - free download - https://archive.org/details/livesindianoffi01kayegoog
Karl Meyer, Tournament of Shadows - https://amzn.to/3X58neA
Patrick McCrory, Signal Catastrophe - https://amzn.to/3ZbHabX
If you are interested in the Zulu War, then please sign up for my mailing list to receive my free book on the subject: www.redcoathistory.com
If you are very generous, you can also buy me a coffee and help support the channel via https://ko-fi.com/redcoathistory
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