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Hard cover, 8vo, in publisher's navy cloth binding with gold titles to spine, 305 pp. Condition: Very Good. Light marks to covers. ** Autobiography of one Captain Philip Wynter, Late Captain Bengal Army and King's Foreign Service Messenger. The job of King's (or Queen's) Messenger was (and is) to convey classified documents to British embassies and consulates abroad. ** He describes his early days at Harrow and thence to a private tutor and then to the "East India Military College" in London. His career started in India, and he describes his travels to Calcutta, Delhi, St Petersburg, Constantinople, and finally his retirement in England. Along the way, he gives his opinions as to the effectiveness (or not) of various aspects of the European intrusion into Asia. ** With photogravure plates of Captain Philip Wynter, Lord Lyons, Sir Charles Scott, Hobart Pasha, Sir Nicholas O'Conor, and Dr Wynter. OCLC 4815875.
Ref: BIOG 6639
$85.00