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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 over 800 British troops, 500 of their allies and at least 2,000 Zulus were killed. It was a staggering defeat for the British empire and the consequences of the battle echoed brutally across the following decades as Britain took ruthless revenge on the Zulu people. 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, looking into the human heart of this savage conflict. Based on new research, including previously unpublished material, Zulu oral history and new archaeological evidence from the battlefield, this is the definitive account of a battle that has shaped the political fortunes of the Zulu people to this day.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139781405091855
eBay Product ID (ePID)93327307
Product Key Features
Number of Pages720 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameZulu Rising: the Epic Story of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
Publication Year2010
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorIan Knight
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight1245 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorIan Knight