The Zulu War, 1879
- ISBN-10
- 0246105607
- ISBN-13
- 9780246105608
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1973
- Publisher
- Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
- Author
- Alan Lloyd
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