{"product_id":"the-boer-war-isbn-9780349104669","title":"The Boer War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing previously unpublished sources, this 'enjoyable as well as massively impressive' bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of a lesson'. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Pakenham's narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Mammoth in scope and scholarship, as vivid, fast-moving and breathtakingly compelling as the finest fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Boer War\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive account of this extraordinary conflict - a war precipitated by greed and marked by almost inconceivable blundering and brutalities...and whose shattering repercussions can be felt to this very day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not only a magnum opus, it is a conclusive work ... Enjoyable as well as massively impressive' -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a wonderful book: brilliantly written ... the reader turns each page with increasing fascination and admiration' -A.J.P. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891644625125,"sku":"NP9780349104669","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_452d11e7-148c-4e22-abe5-a3e368f5d695.jpg?v=1773105784","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-boer-war-isbn-9780349104669","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}