{"product_id":"the-boer-war-by-sir-sir-winston-s-churchill-9781472520821","title":"The Boer War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn October 11th, 1899, long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict that would become known as the Second Boer War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo days after the first shots were fired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africa to cover the conflict for the \u003ci\u003eMorning Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boer War\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the two collections of despatches that Churchill published on the conflict. \u003ci\u003eLondon to Ladysmith\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africa and his subsequent capture by and dramatic escape from the Boers, the adventure that first brought the name of Winston Churchill to public attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Hamilton's March\u003c\/i\u003e collects Churchill's later despatches as he marched alongside a column of the main British army from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. Published together, these books are a vivid eye-witness account of a landmark period in British Imperial History and an insightful chronicle of a formative experience by Britain's greatest war-time leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849999241452,"sku":"9781472520821","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7345733482712.jpg?v=1759073800","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-boer-war-by-sir-sir-winston-s-churchill-9781472520821","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}