The Boer War: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's March (Blooms

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Boer WarLondon to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's March\nAuthor(s): Sir Winston S. Churchill\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781472520821, 978-1472520821\nSynopsis\nOn October 11th, 1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict that would become known as the Second Boer War. Two days after the first shots were fired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africa to cover the conflict for the Morning Post. \n\nThe Boer War brings together the two collections of despatches that Churchill published on the conflict. London to Ladysmith recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africa and his subsequent capture by and dramatic escape from the Boers, the adventure that first brought the name of Winston Churchill to public attention. Ian Hamilton's Ma.