The Boer War illustrated edition

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2014) 9781868420742. 270 x 227 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 304, incl. index; liberally illustrated in monochrome and full colour, with maps, contemporary artwork and photographs. Fine condition. "First published in 1979 Thomas Pakenham's The Boer War is still considered the standard text on the subject and this sensitively abridged illustrated edition brings it to a wider public. His narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources. He combed the original British documents in the Public Record Office and the material in South African archives. He traced the private papers of most of the protagonists. And he dug up several hundred sets of letters and diaries written by the men who fought in the war. Finally, he tape-recorded the memories of over fifty survivors from both sides. Out of this historical gold mine, Thomas Pakenham has constructed a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel." .