[Rising(Bokos 01] • Zulu Rising · The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift
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- Authors
- Knight, Ian
- Publisher
- Pan Publishing
- Tags
- war , including previously unpublished material , this is the definitive account of a battle that has shaped the political fortunes of the zulu people to this day. , 500 of their allies , and at least 2 , 000 zulus were killed in a staggering defeat for the british empire. the consequences of the battle echoed brutally across the following decades as britain took ruthless revenge on the zulu people. , looking into the human heart of this savage conflict. , based on new research , and new archaeological evidence from the battlefield , history , the battle of isandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the british colonization of south africa. in one bloody day more than 800 british troops , in zulu rising ian knight shows that the brutality of the battle was the result of an inevitable clash between two aggressive warrior traditions. for the first time he gives full weight to the zulu experience and explores the reality of the fighting through the eyes of men who took part on both sides , zulu oral history
- ISBN
- 9781447202233
- Date
- 2010-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 4.18 MB
- Lang
- en
On 22 January 1879, in the shadow of an imposing rocky outcrop called iSandlwana, the bloodiest defeat inflicted on the British Army during the Victorian age took place. Now Ian Knight skilfully weaves together the lives of Zulu patriots like Mehlokazulu kaSihayo and Matshana kaMondise and professional British soldiers such as Anthony Durnford and Charlie Harford - the men who were at the human heart of the savage and iconic Anglo-Zulu War. He presents not only a gripping picture of the pressures that drove both sides to a terrifying and bloody confrontation, but a definitive history of the battle that has shaped the political fortunes of the Zulu people to this day. 'I loved it . . . full of fresh thinking, new ideas and new wisdom' Neil Oliver 'Exceptional . . . exposes the bloody truth about the two famous clashes in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War' Sunday Times 'A fine book' Richard Holmes