The following is a list of books relating to the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 (Alphabetically by author)
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| DP&G Military Books | Read >> |
Handbook for The Martini-Henry Rifle
DP&G Military Publishers | |
Narrative of the Field Operations connected with the Zulu War of 1879
Greenhill Books, London. ISBN: 1-85367-041-3 | Read >> |
The Zulu War
(Intro by Ian Knight)
DP&G Military Publishers ISBN No. 1-903972-32-9 | |
Heart of a Dragon - The VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments 1854-1902
Alister Williams, W.
1-84494-027-6 Bridge Books | |
The Story of The Zulu Campaign
Ashe, Major & Wyatt-Edgell, Captain
DP&G Military Publishers ISBN No. 1-903972-67-1 | Read >> |
For Queen and Country
Ashwood, Rodney
ISBN 1-84394-163-5 | Read >> |
Local Heroes: Rorke's Drift Men
Bancroft, James. W | |
The Zulu War 1879, Rorke's Drift
Bancroft, James. W | Read >> |
Zulu War Heroes: 24th. Regiment VCs
Bancroft, James. W | |
Zulu War Heroes: The Defence of Rorke's Drift
Bancroft, James. W | |
Zulus at Bay
Barker, Denis
Tom Morgan Military Books morganbooks@blueyonder.c | Read >> |
The Zulu War - Isandhlwana to Ulundi
Barthorp, Michael | |
The Zulu War; A Pictorial History
Barthorp, Michael
ISBN 0 7137 1005 5 | Read >> |
Rorke's Drift - by those who were there
Baynham Jones, Alan & Stevenson, Lee | Read >> |
Path of Blood
Becker, Peter
ISBN: 0140059784 Panther Books | Read >> |
Rule of Fear
Becker, Peter
ISBN: 0140049770 Longmans Green & Co., London | Read >> |
Ian Beckett's Isandlwana
Beckett, Ian
Brasseys | |
Eyewitness in Zululand
Bennett, I
Greenhill, 1989. ISBN 1-85367-033-2 | |
Sister Janet: Nurse and Heroine of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Best, Brian & Stossel, Katie
Pen & Sword | Read >> |
The Last Zulu King
Binns C.T
Longmans Press, 1963 | |
Annals of Natal
Bird, J, Vols 1 & 2
Maskew Miller, Cape Town, 1885 | |
Roaming Zululand with a Native Commissioner
Braatvedt, H.P
Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1949 | |
Olden Times in Zululand and Natal
Bryant, A.T
Longmans, London, 1929 | |
The Zulu People
Bryant, A.T
Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1949 | |
British Infantryman in South Africa 1877-81
Castle, Ian | Read >> |
Zulu War Volunteers, Irregulars & Auxiliaries
Castle, Ian
Osprey | |
The Zulu War Illustrated
Clammer, David
David & Charles (Holdings) Ltd 1973. ISBN: 0-330-2 | |
Glamour and Tragedy of the Zulu War
Clements, W.H
Bodley Head, London, 1936 | |
Ruin of Zululand, Vols 1 & 2
Colenso, Frances
Ridgway, London, 1884 | |
History of the Zulu War and it's Origin
Colenso, Frances & Durnford, Lt.-Col A.W
DP&G Military Publishers ISBN No.1-903972-66-3 | |
Diary of the Reverend Francis Owen
Cory, George
Van Riesbeeck Society, Cape Town, 1926 | |
Zulu Battle-piece: Isandhlwana
Coupland, Sir Reginald
Collins, London, 1948. | Read >> |
Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879
David, Saul
Penguin Books | Read >> |
The Road to Isandhlwana
Droogleever, R.W
ISBN: 1-85367-118-5 | |
Cetshwaya and the Three Generals
Dunn, John
Knox Publishing Co., Durban, 1886 | |
A Soldier's Life and Work in South Africa
Durnford. Lt.-Col A.W
Sampson Low, London, 1882, DP&G Military Publisher | |
Chelmsford and the Zulu War
French, G
Bodley Head, London, 1903 | |
Story of the Zulus
Gibson, J.Y
P. Davies, Pietermaritzburg, 1903 | |
Rorke's Drift
Glover, Michael
ISBN 1-853-26673-6 Wordsworth Military Library | Read >> |
The Road to Isandlwana
Gon, Philip
A.D Donker, Johannesburg 1979. ISBN: 0-949937-65-7 | |
Crossing the Buffalo: The Zulu War of 1879
Greaves, Adrian | Read >> |
Isandlwana
Greaves, Adrian
ISBN 0-304-35700-6 Cassell & Co | Read >> |
Rorke's Drift
Greaves, Adrian
Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36641-2 | |
A Review of The South African Campaign of 1879
Greaves, Adrian & Knight, Ian | |
Who's Who in the Zulu War (Vol. 1 - The British)
Greaves, Adrian & Knight, Ian
1-84415-479-3 Pen & Sword Military | |
The Curling Letters of the Zulu War
Greaves, Adrian and Best, Brian | |
The Days of My Life
Haggard, Sir H. Rider
Longmans, London, 1926 | |
Cetshwaya and his White Neighbours
Haggard, Sir H. Rider
Kegan Paul, London 1891 | |
ZULU - With Some Guts Behind It
Hall, Sheldon
ISBN 0-953-1926-6-0 Tomahawk Press | Read >> |
Later Annals of Natal
Hattersley, A.F
Longmans, London, 1938 | |
A Solemn Mockery; The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The Myth and the Reality
Hicks, Dr Jonathan
Fielding Publishing, ISBN 0-9551954-0-3 | |
NTOMBE - The Bloody Affair at Myer's Drift
Hobson, Mark
Simprint Press | Read >> |
The Noble 24th.
Holme, Norman
ISBN 0-902366-04-2 Savannah Publications | Read >> |
Hill of the Sphinx - The Battle of Isandlwana
Jackson, F.W.D.
Westerners Publications | Read >> |
Hook of Rorke's Drift
Johnson, Barry.C.
Bartletts Press, ISBN 0951711555 | Read >> |
The Boiling Cauldron - Utrecht District and the Anglo-Zulu War 1879
Jones, Huw M
Shermershill Press - www.casus-belli.co.uk | Read >> |
The Zulu War 1879: Twilight of a Warrior Nation
Knight, I & Castle, I
Osprey | |
The Zulu War; Then and Now
Knight, I & Castle, I
ISBN 0-900913-75-4 After The Battle | Read >> |
Zulu War 1879: Twilight of a Warrior Nation
Knight, I & Castle, I | |
Battleground South Africa
Knight, I & Castle,I
0-85052-655-8. Pen & Sword | |
Brave Men's Blood; The Epic of the Zulu War
Knight, Ian
Greenhill Books, London, 1990. ISBN: 0-947898-95-6 | |
British Forces in Zululand 1879
Knight, Ian
Osprey | Read >> |
By the Orders of the Great White Queen
Knight, Ian
Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-122-3 | Read >> |
Dead Was Everything
Knight, Ian
Ian Knight, 1999 | |
Go to Your God Like a Soldier
Knight, Ian
1-85367-237-8. Greenhill Books | |
Great Zulu Battles 1838-1906
Knight, Ian
Arms and Armour Press, ISBN 1-85409-390-8 | |
Great Zulu Commanders
Knight, Ian
Arms and Armour Press, ISBN 1-85409-389-4 | |
Isandlwana 1879: The Great Zulu Victory
Knight, Ian | |
Nothing Remains, But to Fight
Knight, Ian
ISBN 1-85367-137-1 | |
Rorke's Drift 1879
Knight, Ian
ISBN: 1855329514 Osprey Military | Read >> |
Rorke's Drift 1879; Pinned Like Rats in a Hole
Knight, Ian | |
The Anatomy of the Zulu Army
Knight, Ian
ISBN No. 1-85367-363-3 Greenhill Books | Read >> |
The Sun Turned Black
Knight, Ian | |
The Zulus
Knight, Ian
Osprey | |
With His Face to the Foe
Knight, Ian | |
Zulu 1816-1906
Knight, Ian
Osprey | |
ZULU; The Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
Knight, Ian
Windrow and Greene, London, 1992 | |
The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation
Laband, J
ISBN 1-85409-494-7 Arms and Armour Press | Read >> |
The Anglo Zulu War 1879
Laband, J & Knight, I
Sutton Publishing, 1996, ISBN: 0750908823 | |
Once Dark Country
Lee, Bishop A.W
S.P.C.K, London, 1949 | |
The Shepstone Papers
Library of Dr. Killie Campbell, Durban | |
John Williams VC
Lloyd, WG | |
'The Zulu War Through the eyes of 'The Illustrated LONDON NEWS'
Lock, Ron & Quantrill, Peter
Greenhill | Read >> |
Zulu Vanquished: The Destruction of the Zulu Kingdom
Lock, Ron & Quantrill, Peter
Greenhill Books | Read >> |
Zulu Victory The Epic of Isandlwana & the Cover-up
Lock, Ron & Quantrill, Peter
Greenhill Books - ISBN 1-85367-505-9 | Read >> |
The Red Book
Lock, Ron & Quantrill, Peter (Compiled) | Read >> |
Zululand and Cetewayo
Ludlow, Capt.
DP&G Military Publishers | |
Historic Natal and Zululand
Lugg, H.C
Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1948 | |
A Review of The South African Campaign of 1879
Mackinnon, JP & Shadbolt, SH | |
Life and Letters of Sir Bartle Frere
Martineau, J
John Murray, London, 1895 | |
The Zulu War
McBride, Angus
ISBN: 0-85045-256-2 Osprey, Men at Arms Series. | |
Throughout the Zulu Country - its battlefields and people
Mitford, Bertram | |
The Washing of the Spears
Morris, Donald R
Johnathon Cape 1966 | Read >> |
The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Empire 1979
Mountain, Alan
kwaNtaba Publications. ISBN: 0-620-24585-9 | Read >> |
In zululand with the British Throughout the War of 1879
Norris-Newman, Charles L
ISBN 0-85367-003-0 Greenhill Books | Read >> |
The Zulu and the Raj: The Life of Sir Bartle Frere
O'Connor, Damian | |
Historical Records of the 24th. Regiment
Paton, Col.G, Glennin, Col.F & Symons Col.W.P.
DP&G Military Publishers | |
A Soldier-Artist in Zululand:William Whitelocke Lloyd and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Rattray, David
ISBN 978-0-620-37707-2 Rattray Publications | Read >> |
David Rattrays Guidebook to the Anglo-Zulu War Battlefields
Rattray, David | |
Shaka Zulu - The Rise of the Zulu Nation
Ritter, E.A
Longmans, London, 1955. ISBN: 0-947898-99-9 | |
Local General Orders Relating to the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Smith, Keith I.
DP&G Military Publishers. ISBN 1-905265-28-X | |
How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandhlwana Revealed
Snook, Lt. Col Mike
ISBN: 1-85367-656-X Greenhill Books | Read >> |
Like Wolves on the Fold:The Defence of Rorke's Drift
Snook, Lt. Col Mike
ISBN 1-85367-659-4. | Read >> |
The Rorke's Drift Doctor
Stevenson, Lee
0-9541963-0-9 Lee Stvenson Publishing | |
Diary of Henry Francis Fynn
Stuart, J & Malcolm, D. McK
Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1950 | |
Casualty Roll for Zulu & Basuto Wars 1877-79
Tavender, I.T. | |
Shaka's Children - A History of the Zulu People
Taylor, Stephen
Harper Collins, 1994 ISBN: 0-0255144-6 | Read >> |
Chetshwaya's Dutchman
Vijn, Cornelius
Longmans, London, 1949. ISBN 1-85367-007-3 | |
Proud Zulu
Walker, Oliver
Werner Laurie, London 1949 | |
LEGACY - Heroes of Rorke's Drift Vols. 1 & 2
Wheatley, Kris
ISBN: 0 9542441 5 X Published by J W B | Read >> |
A Widow-Making War
Whitehouse, Howard | |
England's Sons
Whybra, Julian | Read >> |
History of The Zulu War
Wilmot, A
DP&G Military Publishers ISBN No. 1-903972-91-4 | |
Rorke's Drift 1879: Anatomy of an Epic Zulu War Siege
Yorke, Edmund
ISBN 0 7524 1978 Tempus Publishing | Read >> |
They Fell Like Stones
Young, John
ISBN 1-85367-096-0 Greenhill | Read >> |
