Dr Stephen Manning is an Honorary Research Fellow in the History Department at the University of Exeter and has made a special study of Victorian military history. In addition to publishing many articles in academic journals he has written several books including Evelyn Wood VC: Pillar of Empire, Soldiers of the Queen, Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges, The Martini-Henry Rifle, Bayonet to Barrage: Weaponry on the Victorian Battlefield and Britain at War with the Asante Nation 1823-1900: ‘The White Man’s Grave’.