The Great Boer War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781605124384)

The Great Boer War is Arthur Conan Doyle's authentic and thorough account of the conflict which gripped turn-of-the-century Britain. When the Boer War broke out in South Africa in 1899, Conan Doyle was already a hugely successful, middle-aged writer. Nevertheless, he was determined to see the war at first hand. Unable to secure a place as a regular soldier, he fell back on his medical training and was accepted by the British army as a doctor in a field hospital. Based in part on the first-hand accounts he received from wounded soldiers, Conan Doyle constructed a history of the war which he first published in 1900 and continued to edit and re-publish until the war ended in 1902. Documenting both the military campaign and the political background to the conflict, The Great Boer War is fascinating both as a piece of history and as a glimpse into another facet of the author most commonly known for his mystery stories.

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN-10: 1605124389
ISBN-13: 9781605124384
Publisher: Akasha Classics
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2009
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.03d