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Author : George Tomkyns Chesney
Release : 1914
Genre : Imaginary wars and battles
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Book Synopsis The Battle of Dorking by : George Tomkyns Chesney
Download or read book The Battle of Dorking written by George Tomkyns Chesney. This book was released on 1914. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Chesney
Release : 2022-11-22
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Battle of Dorking by : George Chesney
Download or read book The Battle of Dorking written by George Chesney. This book was released on 2022-11-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Excerpt: "You ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, something about my share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'Tis sad work turning back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us, in England, it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings if we had only made use of them."
Author : George Tomkyns Chesney
Release : 2013-03-21
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Book Synopsis The Battle of Dorking 1871 by : George Tomkyns Chesney
Download or read book The Battle of Dorking 1871 written by George Tomkyns Chesney. This book was released on 2013-03-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictitious invasion classic is introduced by G.H. Powell, and followed by "What Happened After The Battle of Dorking 1871" and the pamphlet "The Lull Before Dorking 1871." The Battle of Dorking: Britain is invaded by a country similar to Germany in this vivid account of troops marching across eastern England to the heart of London. George Tomkyns Chesney's classic, written after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, led to the genre of invasion fiction and science fiction. The novel spawned copycat stories including What Happened After The Battle of Dorking and led to more serious debate about Britain's lack of preparedness for war in the House of Commons.
Author : George Chesney
Release : 2021-08-19
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Book Synopsis The Battle of Dorking by : George Chesney
Download or read book The Battle of Dorking written by George Chesney. This book was released on 2021-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is a novella written by George Tomkyns Chesney in 1871 that established the invasion literature genre and served as a forerunner to science fiction. It describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in ambiguous terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. It was written shortly after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War. This is a true story that you should read.
Author : George Chesney
Release : 2013-12-23
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Book Synopsis The Battle of Dorking (1871) by : George Chesney
Download or read book The Battle of Dorking (1871) written by George Chesney. This book was released on 2013-12-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, something about my own share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'Tis sad work turning back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us in England it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings, if we had only made use of them. The danger did not come on us unawares. It burst on us suddenly, 'tis true; but its coming was foreshadowed plainly enough to open our eyes, if we had not been willfully blind. We English have only ourselves to blame for the humiliation which has been brought on the land. Venerable old age! Dishonorable old age, I say, when it follows a manhood dishonored as ours has been. I declare, even now, though fifty years have passed, I can hardly look a young man in the face when I think I am one of those in whose youth happened this degradation of Old England---one of those who betrayed the trust handed down to us unstained by our forefathers.
