Nearly 30 examples of colonial campaigns around the British Empire, retold in vivid prose and in great detail. I was fascinated by the Irish invasion of Canada, 1866 - of which I knew nothing - as well as the storming of Madagascar. Some of the stories are more familiar, some are not. All have in common heroism and courage beyond the call of duty, and incompetence, chaos and confusion. I often wanted to know more, as is commonly the case in compendiums of this kind, but if you are looking for good examples to liven up the topic of Empire, of bravery and derring-do, of defeat and massacre, of technology overcoming resistance, of the Glorious British Empire, then look no further!