Stephen Manning Book order

Incisive account of the military career of Queen Victoria’s most famous general.

A revealing study of the confrontation between an eminent Victorian general and two of South Africa's warrior nations.

In-depth new history of the nineteenth-century wars fought between the British and the Asante people of West Africa.

Monumental tells, for the first time, the incredible story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian born into slavery who became America's first Black lieutenant governor and acting governor. A champion of universal suffrage, civil rights, and integrated public schools, Dunn fought for radical change during the early years of Reconstruction in Louisiana, a post-Civil War era rife with corruption, subterfuge, and violence.A graphic history informed by newly discovered primary sources, Monumental resurrects, in vivid detail, Louisiana and New Orleans after the Civil War--and presents an iconic American life that never should have been forgotten. Contextual essays and a map and timeline add layers of depth to the narrative. Monumental is a story of determination, scandal, betrayal, and how one man's principled fight for equality and justice may have cost him everything.

Detailed, in-depth history of the development of weapons in the nineteenth century, focusing on the British army in the reign of Queen Victoria.