Zulu Rising. Isandlwana And Rorke's Drift. Ian Knight.

 Macmillan, New Wharf Road, London, 2010. Pristine new book. Hardcover, 24cms x 15.5cms, with dust jacket. Book has five maps and almost 50 historical b&w photographs. 697 pp. Heavy book. On January 22, 1879, in the shadow of an imposing rocky outcrop called iSandlwana, a part-time army of African herdsmen brought to a halt - for at least a while - more than a century and a half of British Imperial expansion across southern Africa. The battle at iSandlwana was the bloodiest defeat inflicted on the British Army during the Victorian age; it sent shock waves around the world, and catapulted the Zulu people into the media spotlight of the day. Based on decades of research and incorporating previously unpublished material, Zulu oral history and new archaeological evidence from the battlefield, this is the definitive account of a battle that has shaped both the political fortunes of Zulu people and the popular impressions of the British Empire to this day.