Boer War from Viceroy Books

Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered… Read more about this item

Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered… Read more about this item

Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered… Read more about this item

Brisbane History Group, 2017. New book, 242 pages. Brisbane at War 1899-1918 is the Brisbane History Group’s twenty-sixth volume of papers. In total there are eleven chapters. All were mostly delivered at BHG functions. Two are from a seminar entitled 'For Queen and Empire: Queensland and the South African War 1899-1902' held on 26 May 2012 and seven were delivered… Read more about this item

University Park, Illinois, U.S.A.: Osprey Pub Co, 1995. New book, 96 pages, CAM038. In 1899 Great Britain was at the height of its Imperial power. The Queen Empress had been on the throne for more than 50 glittering years, and her domain touched upon every continent. Yet, even at this pinnacle of Imperial pomp and majesty, the British army, guardian… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 1996. New book, 48 pages, MAA301. Over the space of two centuries, the original Dutch settlers of South Africa, augmented by a trickle of refugees from a succession of religious wars in France and Germany, grew into a hardy breed. In time, these people came to think of themselves as white Africans or 'Afrikaners' though they were… Read more about this item

Pen & Sword, 2009. New book, 495 pages. The Great Boer War (1899 - 1902) - more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War - was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in… Read more about this item

Colonial Forces Study Group (Queensland), 2010. New book, 300 pages. An estimated 20,000 citizens undertook some form of military service in Queensland between 1860 and 1903. These citizen soldiers were called out for active service a number of times during the nineteenth century; during the 'Bread Riots' of 1866,the Russian war scares of 1878 and 1885, the annexation of New… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Leo Cooper, 1999. New book, 260 pages. The British Empire suffered one of its greatest crises as the 19th century ended. In December 1899 the Boers inflicted three reverses on the regular British Army in South Africa in 'Black Week'. A nation grown accustomed to succes was stunned. Part of the answer was a very British blend of… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Spellmount Ltd Pub, 1999. New book, 301 pages. This book is a remarkable history in a number of repects. For one thing, it is an account of a Victorian military campaigner written by a man in the ranks, at a time when such accounts were still a rarity. Although it was something of a literary convention in the… Read more about this item

London: Wrens Park, 2001. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 274 pages, 30 photos, 14 maps, and a chronology of the war. This book is an in depth study of the principle commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both the last gentlemens war, and the first modern one. The authors detailed narrative examines each personality seperately,… Read more about this item

London: Wrens Park, 2001. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 274 pages, 30 photos, 14 maps, and a chronology of the war. This book is an in depth study of the principle commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both the last gentlemens war, and the first modern one. The authors detailed narrative examines each personality seperately,… Read more about this item