List of Illustrations

Plate 1. Wildflower Hall: Kitchener’s verdant retreat located outside Shimla with a view of the Himalayas, as it appears today in winter as a luxury hotel. (Faught)

Plate 2. Viceregal Lodge, Shimla: The centre of summertime Raj life from the 1880s until 1947, as it looks today. (Faught)

Plate 3. Dhalli Tunnel, Shimla: Located on the road to Wildflower Hall, within which Kitchener broke his leg after falling from a skittish horse. (Faught)

Plate 4. Christ Church, Shimla: Even today the Mall is dominated by its tower. Kitchener attended divine service here weekly when in residence at nearby Snowdon. (Faught)

Plate 5. Broome Park, Kent: The refurbished country estate located near Canterbury barely lived in by Kitchener before his death, which is now a golf club. (Faught)

Plate 6. 2 Carlton Gardens, London: Kitchener lived here in 1914–15, located a short walk from the War Office and across the street from his old nemesis, Lord Curzon. (Faught)

Plate 7. Kitchener c. 1885: Kitchener sporting a hint of a smile, something that in photographs he almost never did. Taken at the time of the Gordon Relief Expedition. (NPG 136566)

Plate 8. 1903: Kitchener with his circle of close advisers, including Raymond ‘Conk’ Marker (second from right), at Shimla. (NPG 193210)

Plate 9. 1910: Kitchener laden with medals, between his years in India and those to come in Egypt. (NPG 35370)

Plate 10. 1914: Kitchener with Marshal Joffre of France leaving the War Office after a meeting. Already the strain of being Secretary of State for War is evident. (NPG 194022)

Plate 11. 1884: General Charles Gordon, Kitchener's hero, on the eve of his fateful departure for Khartoum. (NPG 29693)

Plate 12. Early 1900s: As wartime prime minister, H.H. Asquith understood Kitchener's value to the nation. (NPG 82302)

Plate 13. Early 1900s: Lord Curzon, as Kitchener would have known him during their tumultuous days in India. (NPG 136548)

Plate 14. NPG 197714, Early 1900s: As prime minister, Arthur Balfour ultimately backed Kitchener in his dispute with Curzon. (NPG 197714)

Plate 15. 1903: In defence of her husband, Lady Curzon came to loathe Kitchener, but earlier they had been great friends. (NPG 135594)

Plates 16 and 17. Crotta House, Kitchener's Irish childhood home, located near Kilflynn, Co. Kerry, as it appears today. The Great House is gone; only the former stables and servants' quarters remain standing. (Faught)