The Boer War

Slipcase shows very light shelf wear, slight damage on pastedown from sticker removal.; A bright, solid book. Map endpapers, B&W photos and maps throughout ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 773 pages; 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 has written the first full-scale history of the war since 1910. His narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Out of this historical gold-mine, the author has constructed a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel, and a history that in scholarship, breadth and impact will endure for many years.

Product Info

Publisher: The Folio Society

Year: 1999

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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AinsworthBooks

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