{"product_id":"the-boer-war-9780349104669","title":"The Boer War","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeaturing previously unpublished sources  this enjoyable as well as massively impressive bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (Financial Times) The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British  as Kipling said  no end of a lesson. It proved to be the longest  the costliest  the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914. Thomas Pakenhams narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Mammoth in scope and scholarship  as vivid  fast-moving and breathtakingly compelling as the finest fiction. The Boer War is the definitive account of this extraordinary conflict - a war precipitated by greed and marked by almost inconceivable blundering and brutalities...and whose shattering repercussions can be felt to this very day. Not only a magnum opus  it is a conclusive work ... Enjoyable as well as massively impressive - Financial Times This is a wonderful book: brilliantly written ... the reader turns each page with increasing fascination and admiration -A.J.P. Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256984035381,"sku":"ByrdShop_0349104662","price":54.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780349104669.jpg?v=1781681890","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-boer-war-9780349104669","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}