The Boer War
$26.70
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2025
Summary
A Lesson Unlearned: Unearthing the Truth of the Boer War
The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 served as a harsh awakening for the British Empire, delivering, as Kipling noted, ‘no end of a lesson’. Far from the swift victory anticipated by the public, it stretched into the longest (two and three-quarter years), the costliest (over £200 million), the bloodiest (at least 22,000 British, 25,000 Boer and 12,000 African lives) and the most humiliating war that Britain fought …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399632423 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399632426 |
| Author: | Thomas Pakenham |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 481g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 44mm |
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A consummate masterpiece * Sunday Telegraph *A splendid account … The military history is superb * New York Times *The grim story has been told before but never with such sweep and compassion * Time *A magnum opus … Enjoyable as well as massively impressive – C. P. Snow * Financial Times *This splendid book … towers over its predecessors – F. S. Lyons * Irish Times *Vivid and exciting * Los Angeles Book Review *Compellingly readable … Pakenham’s descriptions of battles are done with great artistry * New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham, the eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Longford, was born in 1933 and educated at Ampleforth and Oxford. He lives in Ireland and London.
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