"THE LAST ZULU WARRIOR" BY DAVID CLAMMER - NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION

"THE LAST ZULU WARRIOR" BY DAVID CLAMMER - HAND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION 715/1000. FIRST EDITION 1977. COMPLETE INTACT DUSTJACKET, 240 PAGES. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. MINOR EDGEWEAR TO THE DUSTJACKET. NO NAMES OR INSCRIPTIONS.

'Few conflicts so compelled the interest of the public as the Zulu War of 1879. The crushing defeat of British forces at Isandhlwana, the dramatic defence of Rorke's Drift and the tragic death of the young Prince Imperial tell the story of a protracted struggle for superiority between the forces of Victorian England and the numerically overwhelming and savage Impis of Cetewayo. This is the story of that last Zulu War. David Clammer, a rising historian and scholar of the period, writes with great knowledge and sympathy for his subject while the reckless courage and sheer ferocity of the battles is brought to the reader through the reproduction of some 50 little known glass lantern slides in colour which were painted during the Zulu War of 1879. Further material was added, including some superb paintings from private collections, Regimental museums and archives. Possibly the most notable illustration in the book - the original is in the Queen's Collection - is Lady Butler's famous painting of the Defence of Rorke's Drift and the sketches which she made in preparation for this work'