The Boer War illustrated edition
by Pakenham, Thomas
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1868420744
- ISBN 13
- 9781868420742
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2014) 9781868420742. 270 x 227 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 304, incl. index; liberally illustrated in monochrome and full colour, with maps, contemporary artwork and photographs. Fine condition. "First published in 1979 Thomas Pakenham's The Boer War is still considered the standard text on the subject and this sensitively abridged illustrated edition brings it to a wider public. His narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources. He combed the original British documents in the Public Record Office and the material in South African archives. He traced the private papers of most of the protagonists. And he dug up several hundred sets of letters and diaries written by the men who fought in the war. Finally, he tape-recorded the memories of over fifty survivors from both sides. Out of this historical gold mine, Thomas Pakenham has constructed a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13273
- Title
- The Boer War illustrated edition
- Author
- Pakenham, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1868420744
- ISBN 13
- 9781868420742
- Publisher
- (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2014) 9781868420742
- Place of Publication
- Johannesburg
- This edition first published
- 1999
- Keywords
- British Empire. Boer republics. Guerilla warfare. Concentration Camps. Scorched earth Anglo-Boer War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anglo-Boer War;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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