The Wedding Feast War: The Final Tragedy of the Xhosa People

by Keith Smith

Book Overview

The last of the nine Frontier Wars fought between 1799-1877 was in many ways a 'prequel' to the more famous Zulu War of 1879, featuring as it did many of the British regiments and personalities who were to fight at Isandlwana, as well as being the final defeat of the Xhosa people and their reduction to lowly workers for the colonists.

This war saw conflict between the British authorities (the governor-general and the commander-in-chief) and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848326815
• ISBN13: 9781848326811
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"