Rorke's Drift: The Immortal Anglo-Zulu War - Hardcover

Roca, Carlos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8496016889 ISBN 13: 9788496016880

Publisher: Quiron, 2009

Synopsis

At 16.20 hours on Wednesday the 22nd January 1879, when the first shot rang out at the battle of Rorke’s Drift, everything appeared to be stacked against the thin red line of 144 men defending their mission station against the Zulus.

Awarded a record number of 11 Victoria Crosses, the fistful of red jackets managed valiantly to withstand the relentless attack of 4,500 brave Zulu warriors for more than ten hours, with Rorke's Drift going down in history as one of the British Army's finest hours and restoring Victorian Britain's faith in their army.
Immortalised in the film Zulu, this book recounts those bloody, desperate 10 hours in all their glory, with numerous photographs and first-hand accounts of many of those involved.

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Product Description

At 16.20 hours on Wednesday the 22nd January 1879, when the first shot rang out in the Battle of Rorke's Drift, everything appeared to be stacked against the 144r men (the great majority members of the Imperial British Army), who were defending the position.In the end, this fistful of red jackets managed to withstand the relentless attack of 4,500 brave Zulu warriors for more than ten hours.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quiron
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8496016889
• ISBN 13: 9788496016880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 315