Description

Rorke’s Float Diary is a novel firsthand account of the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Float, which came about in Zululand on January 22 1879. Written by means of Captain Penn Symons, one of the most few British survivors of Isandwana, the place a blended pressure of lower than thousand British military squaddies and African auxiliaries confronted greater than twenty thousand Zulu warriors, this guide brings the revel in of Victorian-technology fight to lifestyles for lately’s readers.

Symons main points {the the 2} battles from the on-the-flooring point of view of a person who witnessed and survived each, beginning a captivating window onto the beginning of the Anglo-Zulu Warfare. This distinctive guide, which incorporates up to now unseen subject material, has been created in affiliation with the Victoria Go Consider from a leather-based-sure authentic that used to be digitized and moderately up to date from hand-written annotations contained within the typed manuscript for ease of studying.