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About the Book:-The prospect of leisure for several months, during the voyage from India, suggested to the narrator of this narrative the idea of drawing up an account of the last campaign with Tippoo Sultan, from journals and other authentic documents, while the events were recent in his memory. The author has delved deep into the 18th century to explore new avenues what it was like to live during this period by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. It also decorates with maps and plans illustrative of the subject, and a view of Seringapatam. About the Author:-Lieutenant General Alexander Dirom of Luce and Mount Annan FRS FRSE was a British military commander who saw overseas service in Barbados, Jamaica and India. He is remembered not only as a military commander but also as an agricultural improver, which earned him Fellowship of both the Royal Society of London and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His most notable contribution was to identify the importance of salt in animal diets, leading to the widespread use of ‘salt-licks’ from around 1800. His views on the British corn trade also paved the way to the formulation of the Corn Laws in the early 19th century.He was appointed ensign in the 61st Regiment of Foot on 8th December 1778 and lieutenant in the 88th Foot 13th October 1779. He served with the regiment in Barbados (1780) and Jamaica (1780–84) as Military Secretary to the GoC and Major of Brigade. He exchanged into the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot, later the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, as a Captain in 1781 and in 1783 went to St Domingo to negotiate an exchange of prisoners of war. The Title 'A Narrative Of The Campaign India, Which Terminated The War With Tippoo Sultan, In 1972 written/authored/edited by Major Dirom', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121246187 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 334 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- . PODA