Journal: Victorian Studies
Year: 2017

Reviewed by: The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854–1856 by Andrew C. Rath, and: Engines for Empire: The Victorian army and its use of railways by Edward M. Spiers Douglas M. Peers (bio) The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854–1856, Andrew C. Rath; pp. xxiv + 301. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, £60.00, $90.00. Engines for Empire: The Victorian army and its use of railways, Edward M. Spiers; 220 pp. 220. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015, £65.00, $100.00. In