The Maurice case;: From the papers of Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice,

by John Frederick Maurice

The Maurice from the papers of Major-General Si frederick Mauricd

245 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice KCB (1841–1912) was an English soldier, born in London. He studied at the Royal India Military College, Addiscombe, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and entered the Royal Artillery in 1861. He was private secretary to Sir Garnet Wolseley in the Ashanti Campaign of 1873–1874; served in the Zulu War in 1880; was deputy assistant adjutant general of the Egyptian expedition in 1882; and was brevetted colonel in 1885. In 1885–1892 Maurice was professor of military history at the Staff College and in 1895 he was promoted to major general. Later in his career he was commander of the Woolwich District until 1902.

Son of F.D. Maurice, theologian. Father of Sir Frederick Barton Maurice, general.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting insiders account of some of the British management of the Kaiser’s War. I may have confirmation bias here, but this book does seem to demonstrate that Lloyd George was totally unfit to be Prime Minister and had roughly the same relationship with the truth as his successor almost 100 years later. Would have been four stars as a valuable resource, but was a bit too insistent on proving a point.