
The Great Anglo-Boer War
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Narrated by:
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Nigel Patterson
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By:
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Byron Farwell
The Great Boer War (1899-1902) - more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War - was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy.
Byron Farwell traces the war's origins, the slow mounting of the British efforts to overthrow the Afrikaners, the bungling and bickering of the British command, the remarkable series of bloody battles that almost consistently ended in victory for the Boers over the much more numerous British forces, political developments in London and Pretoria, the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley, the concentration camps into which Boer families were herded and the exhausting guerrilla warfare of the last few years when the Boer armies were finally driven from the field.
This audiobook is a definitive history of a dramatic conflict by a master story teller and historian. Byron Farwell served as an officer in the North African and Italian campaigns in World War II and also in the Korean War. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1964, and is the author of Queen Victoria's Little Wars.
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Shame about the narration
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An Excellent Work
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Solid Account
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A truly balanced view.
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A deep dive into a war that shaped a century of warfare
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The content and the narration kept my attention and interest. The history is fascinating, taking the listener up to the 1960’s. I’ll now purchase a copy of the hardback edition and hope that I can recall the many facts and human stories that I’d like to go back and highlight. I think history books are most useful when you’re able to quickly locate some of the most important stories and lessons learned.
Listened as I drove across country
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well done
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Highly informative and relevant.
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Small War, Huge outcome
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Excellent History of a Little Known War
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