Mafeking: A Victorian Legend by Brian Gardner
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Mafeking: A Victorian Legend by Brian Gardner
Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell and Co., 1966 first edition.
Condition: Very Good. This book is in an excellent condition. The DJ has some very slight signs of wear and fading on the spine area and the pages are clean, intact and the binding remains perfect. Some spotting. The first and last pages are slightly tanned but this book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
The author seeks to answer some baffling questions about the Siege of Mafeking in respect of Colonel Baden Powell.
From the fly-leaf: “The result is a thoroughly unconventional military epic… a remarkable re-creation of a siege that, some maintained, never was.”
The siege of Mafeking was a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mafikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900. The siege received considerable attention as Lord Edward Cecil, the son of the British prime minister, was in the besieged town, as also was Lady Sarah Wilson, a daughter of the Duke of Marlborough and aunt of Winston Churchill. The siege turned the British commander, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, into a national hero. The Relief of Mafeking (the lifting of the siege), while of little military significance, was a morale boost for the struggling British.
