Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief

"Forty-one Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief" by Lord Roberts is a story about his time in the military in British India. The story follows his journey, beginning when he was a young officer in India. He talks about important things that happened in India when the British were in power, like the Indian Mutiny. He also writes about how the British got along with the local tribes and the tricky politics of the time. From the beginning, he talks about his early days when he traveled to India and how he felt when he got to Calcutta in 1852. Roberts shares how hard it was to be away from home and what life was like as a soldier. He thinks about the different customs of India and talks about people and events that helped him understand the country better; Roberts invites us into his world as a soldier in a strange land and shares the important history of when he served in India.