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Sir Charles Napier
Sir William Francis Butler · 1890
Sir William Francis Butler traces Charles James Napier from his childhood in Ireland through campaigns in Europe and the Mediterranean, command in northern England, and the war and administration in Scinde. The biography follows Napier's changing roles as officer, governor, and public figure through his final return to England.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 42 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Characters of Sir Charles Napier — Leads and Family
The Characters of Sir Charles Napier — Campaign and Public Life
Beja Khan Doomkee — Profile
Celbridge — The Napier Home
The Peninsula — Campaign Routes
The Napier Family — Celbridge and the First Commission
A Ride from Limerick to Celbridge
Moore and Napier at Elvina
This edition
- Title
- Sir Charles Napier
- Author
- Sir William Francis Butler (1838–1910)
- First published
- 1890
- Illustrated plates
- 91 original artworks · 42 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 15 · about 62,842 words
- Reading time
- 4 h 11 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- November 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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