Ebony and scarlet : poems of the Anglo-Zulu War / Harry Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Harry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zulu War, 1879--Poetry.

Zulu War, 1879.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, [2016]

Summary:

The nineteenth century saw the British army engaged in a series of conflicts around the globe. Iin almost every continent the redcoats of British soldiers seemed to be in perpetual action against enemies of the Crown. The Anglo-Zulu War, fought in southern Africa in 1879, was one of the bloodiest of these conflicts, and one of the most famous, and it has fascinated historians ever since. But the story has never, until now, been re-told in verse and that is what Harry Turner does in the sequence of poems he has composed for this memorable volume. He concentrates on the relationship between the British and the Zulus, on the politics and ambition that gave rise to the war and on the series of bloody battles that followed in particular at Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift and Ulundi. Graphically he recalls how King Cetshwayo's Zulu warriors, armed mainly with spears, gave the British a mauling before they were finally overcome. The story has often been told before, but rarely in such an original and evocative way. Harry Turner's work will be an absorbing introduction to the subject for readers who are coming to it for the first time, and it will add a new dimension to the understanding of readers who are familiar with the many more conventional histories of the conflict.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Poems; Chapter 1: "Uhlalankhosi" (The Tree of Kings); Chapter 2: Redcoats; Chapter 3: The Rainbow Nation; Chapter 4: Cetshwayo; Chapter 5: Isandlwana, 20 January 1879; Chapter 6: The Drenching of the Spears; Chapter 7: Windsor Castle, England; Chapter 8: The Prince Imperial, 1870; Chapter 9: Rorke's Drift, 22 January 1879; Chapter 10: Aftermath; Chapter 11: London, 1879; Chapter 12: Natal, South Africa; Chapter 13: In a Foreign Field; Chapter 14: The Hospital; Chapter 15: The Zulu Peace Offering

Chapter 16: Durban, 23 June 1879Chapter 17: The Zulu Boy, Ulundi, 4 July 1879; Chapter 18: Last Push, 1879; Chapter 19: July 1882

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2016).

ISBN:

9781473863040

147386304X