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  • Mafeking: A Diary Of The Siege [Illustrated Edition]

    by Frederick David Baillie ...
    The siege of Mafeking still stands as one of the British Military's high achievements, especially during the depths of the badly handled Boer War. The successful defence and relief were a shot in the arm for the British public which had become all too used to defeats and reverses in South Africa. Leading the heroic defence of Mafeking was the Colonel Baden-Powell, whose ingenious new methods of ... Read more

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  • Arthur Conan Doyle: 6 Non-Fiction Books

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    This book-collection file includes six books. Three are on war -- The Great Boer War, The War in South Africa, and A Visit to Three Fronts, June 1916. Two are on Spiritualism -- The New Revelation and The Vital Message. And one on Medicine -- Round the Red Lamp: Facts and Fancies of the Medical Life. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was an ... Read more

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  • My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War

    by Ben Johannis Viljoen, P. Van Breda ...
    General Ben Viljoen, while engaged on this work, requested me to write a short introduction to it. This request I gladly comply with. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Zulu War - Through Contemporary eyes

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    Written in 1894, just 15 years after the war, this is James Grants excellent military history of the Zulu War of 1879. From the British disaster at Isandhlwana to face-saving at Rorkes Drift and the final humiliation of the Zulu nation at Ulundi, this is the contemporary view of how the events were conveyed to the public of Great Britain.Featuring original engravings from the Illustrated London ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • Redcoats

    The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    An overview of the life of a British Army soldier in the 19th century during the Napoleonic Wars.What was a British soldier's life like during the Napoleonic Wars? How was he recruited and trained? How did he live on home service and during service abroad? And what was his experience of battle? In this landmark book Philip Haythornthwaite traces the career of a British soldier from enlistment, ... Read more

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  • Arthur Conan Doyle, 3 History Books about War

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    This book-collection file includes three non-fiction books, two about the Boer War and one about WWI -- The Great Boer War, The War in South Africa, and A Visit to Three Fronts, June 1916. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was an author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of Sergeant Lawrence - A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns [Illustrated Edition]

    by Sergeant William Lawrence ...
    Sergeant William Lawrence's account of his life is an interesting addition to the memoirs of the Napoleonic period, not for the style and grace of the prose, as Lawrence was not a highly educated man, although highly observant. What is often missing from other memoirs of the period is that mostly, they are written by the officers, and with some notable exceptions do not give a feel for the way of ... Read more

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  • Reminiscences Of The Great Mutiny 1857-59 [Illustrated Edition]

    Including The Relief, Siege, And Capture Of Lucknow, And The Campaigns In Rohilcund And Oude

    by Sgt. William Forbes-Mitchell ...
    Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny.A fascinating view of the Indian Mutiny from a non-commissioned officer."These Reminiscences are submitted to the public in the trust that they will be welcomed alike by soldier and civilian. They are recorded by one who was himself an actor in the scenes which he ... Read more

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  • The Siege of Lucknow

    A Diary

    by Lady Julia Inglis ...
    The Siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the Residency within the city of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reached the city, the defenders and civilians were evacuated from the Residency, which was abandoned.Lucknow was the capital of the former state of Awadh. The prolonged defence there by the British proved to be one of the key ... Read more

    $3.72 CAD

  • Voices from the Zulu War

    by Ian Kinght ...
    The forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilised manpower of the Zulu state. In this ground-breaking study, Ian Knight details just how the Zulu army functioned and ties its role firmly to the broader context of ... Read more

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  • An Eloquent Soldier

    The Peninsular War Journals of Lieutenant Charles Crowe of the Inniskillings, 1812-14

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Lieutenant Charles Crowe's journal of the 27th Foot (Inniskillings) of the final campaign of Wellington's army is a rare work for many reasons. It is, perhaps surprisingly, the first memoir about this campaign from this famous regiment to be published.Crowe wrote a daily journal at the time, which practically guarantees the authenticity and accuracy of his account. But what makes it special is ... Read more

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  • In Zululand with the British, Throughout the War of 1879

    by Charles L. Norris-Newman ...
    "There is a manly and generous ring through his book, infinitely preferable to an over-critical and carping spirit." - The Academy and Literature, 1881In 1879, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a force of about 1,800 British, colonial and native troops. Charles L. Norris-Newman, the only war correspondent present for the ensuing melee, managed to survive and wrote of his chilling ... Read more

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