The Fall of Rorke's Drift: An Alternate History of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

by John Laband

Book Overview

It is January 1879, and the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom are at war. Lord Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who had successfully brought about federation in Canada in 1867, had believed a similar scheme would work in South Africa. But such plans are rejected by Boer leaders. Lord Chelmsford leads a British military expeditionary force to enter the Zulu Kingdom uninvited. A bloody battle ensues on 22 January 1879 at Isandlwana...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784383732
• ISBN13: 9781784383732
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"