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Boer War, The

By: Random House

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Random House)


Product Info

Title
Boer War, The
Publisher
Category
Author
Thomas Pakenham
Publish Year
1979
Pages
718
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x2.5"
NKG Part #
2147961595
Type
Hardcover

Description

The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of a lesson'. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.

Thomas Pakenham's narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Mammoth in scope and scholarship, as vivid, fast-moving and breathtakingly compelling as the finest fiction. The Boer War is the definitive account of this extraordinary conflict - a war precipitated by greed and marked by almost inconceivable blundering and brutalities...and whose shattering repercussions can be felt to this very day.