The Boer War

Name: The Boer War
Brand: Hachette Australia
SKU: 9780349104669-G
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By Thomas Pakenham

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Featuring previously unpublished sources, this 'enjoyable as well as massively impressive' bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (Financial Times) The war declared by the Boers on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 Thomas Pakenham's narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides.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. 'Not only a magnum opus, it is a conclusive work ... Enjoyable as well as massively impressive' - Financial Times 'This is a wonderful book: brilliantly written ... the reader turns each page with increasing fascination and admiration' -A.J.P. Taylor

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 688
Publisher:: Hachette Australia
Publication Date:: 1991-10-03
ISBN / EAN:: 9780349104669
Weight:: 561 g
Dimensions:: 13/20/5 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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