McGonagall and Tommy Atkins

This book, produced by McGonagall’s biographer David Phillips in 1975, focuses on McGonagall’s military works. Each poem is accompanied by detailed background notes and a black and white illustration. There’s also a foreword by journalist James Cameron. The following gems are included:

• Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins
• The Battle of Sheriffmuir
• The Battle of Culloden
• A Summary History of Lord Clive
• The Capture of Havana
• The Siege of Seringapatam
• The Battle of Alexandria, or the Reconquest of Egypt
• The Battle of Corunna
• A Humble Heroine
• The Battle of Toulouse
• The Battle of Waterloo
• The Burning of the Ship “Kent”
• The Wreck of the “Abercrombie Robinson”
• The Battle of Gujrat
• The Battle of the Alma, Fought in 1854
• The Battle of Inkermann
• The Hero of Kalapore
• The Downfall of Delhi
• The Capture of Lucknow
• The Ashantee War, The Fall of Coomassie
• The Hero of Rorke’s Drift
• General Roberts in Afghanistan
• The Last Berkshire Eleven, The Heroes of Maiwand
• The Horrors of Majuba
• The Royal Review
• The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
• The Death of Prince Leopold
• The Battle of El-Teb
• The Rebel Surprise Near Tamai
• General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum
• The Battle of Abu Klea
• The Black Watch Memorial
• The Military Review by Lord Wolseley
• The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
• The Storming of the Dargai Heights
• The Battle of Atbara
• The Battle of Omdurman
• The Battle of Glencoe
• The Battle of the Modder River
• The Relief of Ladysmith
• The Relief of Mafeking
• Lord Roberts’ Triumphal Entry into Pretoria