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The Boer War
Thomas Pakenham
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Description for The Boer War
Paperback. Thomas Pakenham's classic, bestselling book, repackaged beautifully as an Abacus History Great Num Pages: 688 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 128 x 47. Weight in Grams: 510.
Featuring previously unpublished sources, this 'enjoyable as well as massively impressive' bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (Financial Times)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Thomas Pakenham's narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides.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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349104669
SKU
V9780349104669
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham is the author of The Mountains of Rasselas, The Year of Liberty, The Scramble for Africa, Meetings with Remarkable Trees and Remarkable Trees of the World. He divides his time between London and Ireland. He is married to the writer Valerie Pakenham and they have four children.
Reviews for The Boer War
Hypnotically readable ... A tremendous feat of research ... this is grand-scale history with heroes and villains ... hot, impassioned work, and I recommend it wholeheartedly
Newsweek
Not only a magnum opus, it is a conclusive work ... Enjoyable as well as massively impressive
Financial Times
Thomas Pakenham, one of the auspiciously prolific Longfords (he is ... Read more
Newsweek
Not only a magnum opus, it is a conclusive work ... Enjoyable as well as massively impressive
Financial Times
Thomas Pakenham, one of the auspiciously prolific Longfords (he is ... Read more