The Great Boer War
Title | The Great Boer War |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1902 |
Authors | Doyle, Arthur Conan |
Number of Pages | 446 |
Publisher | McClure, Phillips & Co. |
City | New York |
Abstract | When the Boer War broke out in South Africa in 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) 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, the author 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, this volume 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. |
URL | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100343781 |
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