Imperial Warriors
Subtitle: Britain and the Gurkhas
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781862073654
Subjects: History: World; History; History - Military / War; Military - Other; Military Science; 20th century; History of specific subjects; India; Land forces & warfare; Nepal; Regiments; United Kingdom, Great Britain; c 1800 to c 1900; Europe - Great Britain - General
First sentence: "In the beginning was the word, and the word - in this case - was Gorkha (or Goorka, Goorkha, Ghoorkha, Goorkah, even Gurkha), a word which has become so encrusted with myth that nowadays some people cannot write it without putting it into inverted commas."