(Hardback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780230767300
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 24th August 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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From the highly acclaimed Sunday Times bestselling author Ian Knight, Warriors in Scarlet is an authoritative new history of Queen Victorias army.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781472860750
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 21st November 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A myth-shattering study of the first clash between the Zulu kingdom and European interlopers and its dramatic effects on Boer and Zulu alike.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781447223535
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 9th May 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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From the highly acclaimed Sunday Times bestselling author Ian Knight, Warriors in Scarlet is an authoritative new history of Queen Victorias army.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781472818294
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 27th July 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The fully illustrated David-vs-Goliath story of the Boer commandos and British mounted troops who fought one another in South Africa in the final years of the nineteenth century.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781472845610
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 19th August 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A new study of the battles fought between Queen Victoria's infantry and the formidable Mahdists in the Sudan, from the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884-85 to the climactic battles in 1898.
(Paperback, Unabridged edition)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780330445931
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2011
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2011
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781841766485
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Ian Knight uses both meticulously researched analysis and a composite character (Johannes de Bruyn) to paint a vivid picture of Boer life and their military effectiveness.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781855321090
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Part of the "Elite" series, this history covers the deployment, the battles, the organization, the arms and the equipment of the British forces in Zululand in 1879.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781841768298
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781782003656
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The short but savage Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 pitched well-equipped but complacent British soldiers into combat with the Zulu, one of history's finest fighting forces. This study traces the changing face of infantry combat in the Anglo-Zulu War.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781855324664
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781841765112
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A study of Isandlwana, the most famous battle of the Zulu War, and the greatest defeat of the British Army during the entire Victorian era. The volume presents evidence from an archaeological dig in 2000, which offers a new interpretation of the battle's course of action.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781846033704
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Maori people of New Zealand were experienced field engineers and it was common practice to protect villages with surrounding entrenchments and wooden palisades, known as pas. This book explores the evolution and design of Maori fortifications, and charts the course of a conflict that would ultimately see the British break the Maori pas.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780850459012
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780850459371
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780850459432
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1990
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780850459517
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1990
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781855325067
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A study of the struggle which took place in 1879 at the small mission station of Rorke's Drift, when more than 3,000 Zulu warriors were pitted against 400 British troops. Features 3-D maps and maps of the various stages of the campaign. From the CAMPAIGN series.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781855326132
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An account of the Boer Wars. Triggered by Cecil Rhodes' failed Jameson raid, the Anglo-Boer war started in 1898. It marked the end of the old wars of empire and the beginning of a recognizably 20th-century style of warfare including the use of concentration camps and "scorched earth" policies.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781841766126
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title covers one of the most dramatic periods of British and African history including the Zulu's victory at Isandlwana. It assesses not only the causes of the war, but traces its progress and the repercussions that are still felt today.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9780850458640
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Knight
ISBN: 9781855324749
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Describes the uniforms, weaponry, rituals, military practices and daily life of the Zulu warrior between 1816 and 1906. The period includes the Zulu War and provides an insight into the historical background of the Zulu people in the context of modern South African politics.
