The Curling Letters of the Zulu War : There Was Awful Slaughter
(2020)
By:
Best, Brian
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Pen & Sword Military, 2020
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (176 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9781783036219 MWT13064493, 1783036214 13064493
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"The crushing defeat suffered by the British Army by the Zulus at Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 is by any standards a gripping and shocking story. The discovery of a complete set of diaries written by a young Royal Artillery officer who was the only survivor of his unit which lost all their guns is a very important find. Not only does this superb record tell of the dramatic events of that fateful day but it captures the atmosphere of the whole campaign and the age in which it was fought, and makes for compulsive reading. "
Mode of access: World Wide Web