Brave Men's Blood: The Epic Of The Zulu War, 1879
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the scorching hills and plains of southern Africa, 1879 became the year Britain's imperial ambitions collided catastrophically with one of the most formidable warrior nations the world has ever known. Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War, 1879 chronicles the full dramatic arc of this brutal and pivotal conflict, from the shocking British defeat at Isandlwana — one of the worst military disasters in Victorian history — to the desperate heroism at Rorke's Drift, where a small garrison of redcoats held off thousands of Zulu warriors through a single, ferocious night. Ian Knight, one of the foremost authorities on the Anglo-Zulu War, brings meticulous scholarship and vivid narrative drive to this sweeping account, presenting both sides of the conflict with rare balance and depth. Drawing on first-hand accounts, campaign dispatches, and Zulu oral tradition, Knight illustrates the courage, tragedy, and political miscalculation that defined the war, while honouring the extraordinary bravery of combatants on both sides. Rich with period illustrations and detailed battle reconstructions, this is the definitive popular history of a war that continues to captivate the imagination — and raises haunting questions about the true cost of empire.
Author: Ian Knight
Format: Hardback
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the scorching hills and plains of southern Africa, 1879 became the year Britain's imperial ambitions collided catastrophically with one of the most formidable warrior nations the world has ever known. Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War, 1879 chronicles the full dramatic arc of this brutal and pivotal conflict, from the shocking British defeat at Isandlwana — one of the worst military disasters in Victorian history — to the desperate heroism at Rorke's Drift, where a small garrison of redcoats held off thousands of Zulu warriors through a single, ferocious night. Ian Knight, one of the foremost authorities on the Anglo-Zulu War, brings meticulous scholarship and vivid narrative drive to this sweeping account, presenting both sides of the conflict with rare balance and depth. Drawing on first-hand accounts, campaign dispatches, and Zulu oral tradition, Knight illustrates the courage, tragedy, and political miscalculation that defined the war, while honouring the extraordinary bravery of combatants on both sides. Rich with period illustrations and detailed battle reconstructions, this is the definitive popular history of a war that continues to captivate the imagination — and raises haunting questions about the true cost of empire.