Highly recommended, not only for the remarkable story itself but also the quality of its research, its presentation and readability.' — Adrian Greaves'Charlie Harford's entertaining memoirs are among...
This book gives the reader a general overview of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 with descriptive text, location photographs and illuminating map overviews of the twelve main battles including Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.
In a comprehensive collection of firsthand testimonies, this book unveils the untold perspectives of British soldiers, colonial forces, civilians, and Zulu warriors to offer insight into the pivotal...
The Life and Times of General Lord Chelmsford and his Disaster in Zululand
by John Laband and Ian Knight
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781784387709
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2023-10-12
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Greenhill Books
272 Pages
“Lord Chelmsford is not a bad man. He is industrious and conscientious so far as his lights guide him. But nature has refused to him the qualities of a great captain. He has suffered much and is...
by Lee Stevenson, Ian Knight and Gary Bayhnam-Jones
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781784388423
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2023-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Greenhill Books
272 Pages
"Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the best men...But we’ll fight again in two or three years’ time." – Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (who led the Zulu at Rorke’s Drift)On...
by Ian Knight, Lee Stevenson and Gary Bayhnam-Jones
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781784388317
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2023-01-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Greenhill Books
272 Pages
Providing personal, microscopic accounts of events, while at the same time presenting a clear overview of the battle in its entirety, readers will gain an impressive, unique breadth of knowledge about one of the most awe-inspiring battles in British history.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke’s Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld.
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