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Detailed Personal Development Book Information
- Title:
The Great Boer War
- Reading Level: Paperback
- Binding: Paperback
- No. of Pages: 436
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- Publisher: CruGuru
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- ISBN: 1920265163
- Product Size (W x H x L) inches: 6 x 0.99 x 9
- Shipping Weight: 1.62
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The Great Boer War Review
Source: Product DescriptionArthur Conan Doyle made his reputation as a novelist, but far stranger than fiction is the creator of Sherlock Holmes' tale of the Boer War in South Africa. The then 40-year-old novelist wanted to see the war first hand as a soldier, but the Victorian army balked at having a popular author wielding a pen in its ranks. The army did accept him as a doctor and Doyle was knighted in 1902 for his work with a field hospital in Bloemfontein. Doyle's vivid account of the battles is in part thanks to the eye-witness accounts he got from his patients. Doyle has thoroughly mastered the details of the campaign, and presents them in a form that can be easily understood. Furthermore, his descriptions of the various engagements are masterpieces of graphic writing. ..."This sketch of the war is a masterly performance. It is hardly possible to over-praise it. . . . The experience, the artistic sense, and the creative powers of a great writer are seen in the achievement." - DAILY NEWS