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    The Kitchener Enigma: The Life and Death of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916

    By Trevor Royle

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    In this critically acclaimed biography, now fully updated, Royle revises Kitchener’s latter-day image as a stern taskmaster, the ultimate war lord, to reveal a caring man capable of displaying great loyalty and love to those close to him. New light is thrown on his Irish childhood, his years in the Middle East as a biblical archaeologist, his attachment to the Arab cause and on the infamous struggle with Lord Curzon over control of the army in India. In particular, Royle reassesses Kitchener’s role in the Great War, presenting his phenomenally successful recruitment campaign – ‘Your Country Needs You’ – as a major contribution to the Allied victory and rehabilitating him as a brilliant strategist who understood the importance of fighting the war on multiple fronts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateMay 2, 2016
    ISBN9780750968874
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    The Kitchener Enigma: The Life and Death of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916
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    Trevor Royle

    Trevor Royle is a broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is also a member of the Scottish Government’s Advisory Panel for Commemorating the First World War.

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