THE CURLING LETTERS OF THE ZULU WAR

Best, Brian & Greaves, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0850528496 / ISBN 13: 9780850528497

Published by Leo Cooper, 2001

About this Item

1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. 'There Was an Awful Slaughter'. B/w photos. Light foxing/browning to outer page edges and a few to endpapers. Wrapper has creased front flap. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CURLING LETTERS OF THE ZULU WAR
• Publisher: Leo Cooper
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0850528496
• ISBN 13: 9780850528497
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

In the years since the release of the film ‘Zulu’, the Zulu War of 1879 has become one of the world's most famous military campaigns. One of the most dramatic events of the war was the complete annihilation of the British encampment at Isandlhwana by a Zulu army on January 22, 1879. With interest in the Zulu War at an all-time high, the recent discovery of the complete diaries of a Royal Artillery officer who was the sole survivor of his battery at Isandlhwana is a major find.

This important diary has been edited with background notes and linking narrative by Adrian Greaves, a leading member of the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society. A special Foreword has been written by noted Colonial historian Dr. David Rattray.

About the Author

BRIAN BEST has an honors degree in South African History and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was the founder of the Victoria Cross Society in 2002 and edits its Journal. He also lectures about the Victoria Cross and war art.

Dr Adrian Greaves FRGS, a former soldier and senior police officer, has devoted the last 20 years of his life to studying the Anglo-Zulu War. He is the founder of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society, the author of numerous works including the bestselling Rorke’s Drift ( ) to which this book is a worthy companion. His books, The Curling Letters of the Zulu War, Redcoats and Zulus, Sister Janet, Who’s Who in the Anglo-Zulu War (2 volumes with Ian Knight) and David Rattray’s Guidebook to the Anglo-Zulu War Battlefield (Editor) have all been published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd.