GLIMPSES OF A VICTORIAN HERO

William Gill - Explorer and Spy


Introduction
A Colourful Father
A Serious Child
To Persia
A Parliamentary Candidate
China, Tibet and Burma
Calcutta
Arrested by the Russians
Recognition
Constantinople Commission
Hunting in Turkey
A Candidate Again
The Chinese Army
After Maiwand
North Africa
The Last Journey
Aftermath
Ackowledgements and Primary Sources

INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS
Design, introductory and linking text © Tony Hadland, 2002.
Extracts from William Gill’s diaries quoted by kind permission of the Royal Geographical Society.
Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, with the prior written permission of the copyright holders.
Tony Hadland asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this book.
All trademarks and trade names acknowledged.
Every effort has been made to ensure that no third party copyright has been infringed.

PUBLICATION DATA
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 0 9536174 2 4
Originally published as a softback book in 2002 by Hadland Books, 39 Malvern Road, Balsall Common, Coventry CV7 7DU, United Kingdom.


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