The latest issue of the Victorian Military Society's SOTQ (Soldiers of the Queen) arrived by post on Wednesday, and I have read it over the past few days.
The articles included in this issue are:
- 'A little crazy': Charles James Napier as Commander-in-Chief, India, 1849-50 by Professor Peter Stanley
- 'Pleasure marred by exaggerated apprehension' – Playing Polo in the British Army by Dr Andrew Winrow
- Reputation and Recrimination: Frederick Roberts, the Gough Brothers and the Second Afghan War by Professor Ian F W Beckett
- Index to main topics – Part Three (of Three) Soldiers of the Queen (Journal of the Victorian Military Society) by volume number (Volumes 1 - 186)
- Book Reviews by Roger T Stearn and Andy Smith
- Officers of the Victorian Military Society
Yet again there is lots in this issue for anyone with an interest in Britain's military history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The index of past issues is extremely useful, and although I do not have access to every copy of SOTQ that has been published, knowing where to find a particular article may be very helpful in the future.
The annual cost of membership of the Victorian Military Society is:
- UK: £30.00
- Overseas: £40.00 [except for Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore: £43.00])
As I have written many times before, in my opinion it is well worth it.
The Victorian Military Society will be holding a special event at the National Army Museum on Saturday 14th September. It is entitled ARMY, EMPIRE AND CINEMA and will be looking at how the wars of the nineteenth century have been portrayed on film. The speakers include Ian Beckett, Ian Knight, Mark Connolly, Rodney Attwood, and Christopher Brice.
The cost of a ticket is £20.00 for members and £25.00 for non-member and tickets can be booked online at www.victorianmilitary.org/shop.
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BOB,
ReplyDeleteI balk at buying magazines- at $18 each. Of the last five issues purchased there was only one three page article which appealed- and that was in a range of Sci-Fi figures. I trust you are getting a lot out of Soldiers of the Queen and it is most worthwhile for you. Cheers. KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteI don’t remember the last time I bought a wargame magazine. Like you, I think that most of them are full of articles that are of no interest to me, unlike SOTQ, which is full of academic articles written by experts.
All the best,
Bob