An Unlikely Hero: George Scott Robertson

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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.;Cover; Title; Contents; Chapter 1 Background and Beginnings; Chapter 2 Medical Service in War: Afghanistan 1878-1880; Chapter 3 Medical Service in Peace: India 1880-1888; Chapter 4 The Career Change: Gilgit and the North West Frontier, 1888-1889; Chapter 5 The Scientist: The Kafiristan Experiences 1889-1891; Chapter 6 Gilgit and Hunza-Nagar 1889-1891: Durand, Younghusband, Robertson; Chapter 7 Gilgit, Chitral, Chilas: September-December 1892; Chapter 8 Chitral, Mastuj, Gilgit: 1893; Chapter 9 Conspiracies: Gilgit, Chitral: October 1894-February 1895.