The Boer War
The Boer War

Author: Denis Judd

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-03-15

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 085772231X

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The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. This acclaimed book provides a complete history of the Boer War - from the first signs of unrest to the eventual peace. In the process, it debunks several of the myths which have grown up around the conflict and explores the deadly legacy it left for southern Africa.

London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria

Author: Winston L. S. Churchill

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1411672038

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A personal record of Winston Churchill's adventures and impressions during the first five months of the Boer War. It incldes an account of the Relief of Ladysmith, and also the story of Churchills capture, and dramatic escape from the Boers.

Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze

Author: Simon Louvish

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9780393318401

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Louvish brilliantly sifts through evidence of W.C. Fields' own self-creation to illuminate the vaudeville world from which he rose to become the beloved cinematic curmudgeon and comic genius of his time. Photos.