About the Author

Edmund Yorke is senior lecturer in Defence Studies at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and has written and researched extensively on the Zulu War. He was the historical consultant for the recent History Channel/Discovery Channel television documentary on Rorke's Drift. His other books include Mafeking: The Story of a Siege and One Hundred Years of Conflict.

Reviews

'The central story of the fight at Rorke's Drift is evocatively set out, much as it must have appeared to the participants' DR IAN BENNETT.