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George Tomkyns Chesney

George Tomkyns Chesney

Author Biography & Works

General Sir George Tomkyns Chesney was a British Army officer, politician, and writer. He is remembered as the author of the novella The Battle of Dorking (1871), a founding work in the genre of invasion literature.

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Books by George Tomkyns Chesney

The Battle Of Dorking

The Battle Of Dorking

In the middle years of the 19th century, Prussia embarked on a series of military adventures against Denmark, Austria and finally France which succeeded in uniting the German states under...

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