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Kruger, Rayne : Goodbye Dolly Gray: The Story of the Boer War

Pimlico, London

ISBN 0712662855

Trade Paperback. The title of the book from a song that bade farewell to an era, Rayne Kruger brilliantly describes the background, the arms and armies, the campaigns and personalities of the war in which soldiers from the British Empire marched to a succession of defeats at the hands of sharpsooting farmers. These were calamitous blows, stuck not only at an immense British Army but - as the old century passed into the new - at Victorian prestige, assumptions and complacency. Pages xiii plus 539 with a few b&w photographs and maps. ALL ORDERS DESPATCHED WITH A TRACKING NUMBER. (AWY-CtBy). Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Paperback. Jacket: No Jacket

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Kruger, Rayne : Goodbye Dolly Gray the Story of the Boer War

Galago, Alberton, 2008

ISBN 9781919854250

Trade Paperback. Goodbye Dolly Gray was the anthem of the South African War. this classic account places the Boer war squarely in its social and political settings. It includes vivid pen-portraits of the main actors in the drama, from Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener to Cecil Rhodes and Boer leaders like Paul Kruger, Louis Botha and Christiaan de Wet, as well as accounts of the main battles. Appearing in the wings of the historical stage were men who were destined to play major roles in the 20thh Century, like Winston Churchill, Mahatma Ghandi and Jan Smuts. Pages xii + 540 including index with some illustrations. HEAVY BOOK, POSTAGE TO BE QUOTED. ALL ORDERS DESPATCHED WITH A TRACKING NUMBER. (Gal-SK-THY-CtBy). Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Soft cover

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