The Boer War.
By Thomas Pakenham.
Published by Random House in 1979.
“Featuring previously unpublished sources, this 'enjoyable as well as massively impressive' bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (Financial Times).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 Thomas Pakenham's narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides.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”.
Hardcover. 6.5x9.5, 718 pages, black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Jacket with light soil and a little scuffing and wear, the text block top edge has some minor soil, and it leans a bit to one side from poor storage (correct shelving will straighten this out. At 700+ pages this is a big book and it’s been read a few times, with the binding tight and all, but obviously opened and closed and opened and closed.
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