Rorke's Drift: A Victorian Epic - Brossura

Glover, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1853266736 ISBN 13: 9781853266737

Casa editrice: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997

Riassunto

The defence of Rorke's Drift has gone down in history as one of the grandest heroic actions of British colonial wars. About a hundred men defeated an enemy force 30 or 40 times their size, and 11 of the defenders were awarded Britain's highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross. The action has been immortalized in the film "Zulu". Michael Glover shows how this undoubted act of bravery was exploited for political ends, and why an event of little military consequence found its way into the "National Hagiography of Battles".

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Book by Glover Michael

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• Editore: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1853266736
• ISBN 13: 9781853266737
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 146