Field Guide to The War in Zululand and the Defence of Natal 1879 - JPC Laband and PS Thompson

Publisher : University Of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 1983

Paperback, 124 pages

Originally published in 1979, the Field Guide was instantly recognized as the indispensable handbook to the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. This second edition includes a whole section on the defence of Natal and further results of the author's continuing research.

John Laband and Paul Thompson are both member of the University of Natal's Department of Historical Studies in Pietermaritzburg which lies close to the heart of Anglo-Zulu War country. Their differing perspectives and the Colony of Natal illuminate and highlight their exhaustive research-both documentary and in the field.

For his contributions to this outstanding book, Bruno Martin, formerly cartographer in the University's Department of Geography, won the Wallis Award of the Society of University Cartographers- the first time the award has been made outside the United Kingdom.