Book description
Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan,
George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895
against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated
as a hero, but this was only one chapter in what was an extraordinary
life. Travelling in India, Canada and Kafiristan, he took part in
numerous military expeditions on the Frontier, wrote a renowned
ethnography, 'The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush', and in later life became
a vociferous MP representing Central Bradford, whos radical Liberal
views both pleased and shocked his constituents. Elegantly written and
well researched from materials provided by the Robertson family, 'An
Unlikely Hero: George Scott Robertson' is the story of an adventurer,
ethnographer, soldier, surgeon, businessman and politician, which will
be of interest to any student of the period.
