Rorke's Drift
- ISBN-10
- 0946771944
- ISBN-13
- 9780946771943
- Series
- Rorke's Drift
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Spellmount
- Author
- James W. Bancroft
Description
This text is a graphic acount of gallant British soldiers struggling for survival and brave Zulu natives fighting to overpower them in the defence of the storehouse and field hospital at Rorke's Drift, Natal, at the beginning of the Zulu War.
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