Ladysmith A Novel

Name: Ladysmith A Novel
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ISBN: 9780375708374

ISBN-10: 0375708375

ISBN-13: 9780375708374

Edition: N/A

Authors: Giles Foden

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From the author of the Whitbread Award—winning The Last King of Scotland, comes a spellbinding tale of a town under siege in colonial Africa and a young woman who finds love and freedom in the midst of a devastating war. The year is 1899, and the South African town of Ladysmith is surrounded by Boer forces. For four long months bread is thickened with laundry starch and soldier’s horses are killed for meat; daily bombings destroy homes and businesses, forcing the town’s inhabitants into tunnels and makeshift shelters; and soldiers and townspeople alike are hideously wounded by flying shrapnel. As the world she knows collapses around her, Bella Kiernan finds the courage to escape from…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/14/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English