Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Subject: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:36 pm
The 'Red Soldier, Letters from the Zulu War 1879' . there are a couple of used copies on Amazon for £53, the cost of the hardback book is selling at around £241. Has anyone else got this book and would £53 be a fair price. I'm only asking because my better half said that she would like to buy it for me for Christmas, it just seem rather pricey. Any advice would be appreciated.
Waterloo
rusteze
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:51 pm
Waterloo
Good book but this is more like it pricewise. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Frank Allewell
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:57 pm
Waterloo. Its a very important source book, well worth having.
waterloo50
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:07 pm
Frank/Steve
Thank you.
impi
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:09 pm
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:07 pm
impi
That's excellent, Thanks.
90th
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Subject: Red Soldier Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:39 am
Hi Waterloo . A very important book as it's comprised of letters and Diary entries of those who were actually there in S.A and wrote what they were thinking and feeling at the time , on my list of must have's it's certainly on it ! . . I'm assume that you are a regular buyer Ebay ? , if not , be aware of the postage costs , they can make a decent priced purchase an expensive one , especially coming from the USA . Where do you live Waterloo ? 90th
90th
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Subject: The Red Soldier Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:46 am
I see you are in the UK Waterloo , have a scroll through here but be aware of the postage .
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:36 am
Waterloo just to illustrate how I feel about the book. I have two copies, a hardback first edition and a second paperback that I use for reference, its covered in 'stickies' and notes sticking out of it. Its invaluable.
waterloo50
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:14 am
Thanks for the advice everyone, I have a copy of the Red Soldier on order and at a very reasonable price, it should be with me in the next few days.
90th
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Subject: Red Soldier Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:21 am
90th
waterloo50
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:38 pm
A link from the The South African Military History Society.
This will be old news for some members but I wanted to post a link in which Frank Emery had written additional notes regarding his book 'The Red Soldier
The Anglo-Zulu War as Depicted in Soldiers' Letters 'Vol 5 No 5 - June 1982 by Frank Emery
'In 'The Red Soldier' my main purpose was to illustrate the first-hand evidence that lies in a specific course of information, namely the private letters written by soldiers who fought in the Anglo-Zulu War.(1) In this paper I wish to take the exercise further by drawing on fresh letters that have come to light since the book was published in 1977. I wish also to assess the strengths and shortcomings of the letters in general as data for studying the Campaign.'
Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:46 pm
Good link.
The SAMHS has some very good articles to read, I visit the site regularly for information on various matters.
waterloo50
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:10 pm
Hi Martin,
That was my first visit to the SAMHS site, I will be visiting it again, I have almost finished reading one of the papers written by S Bourquin entitled 'THE ZULU MILITARY ORGANIZATION AND THE CHALLENGE OF 1879...its very good.
I have had a bit of difficulty accessing the SAMHS lecture archives, would you happen to know how to get hold of them?
Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:16 am
Hi waterloo.
You know mate, I have not got a clue how to access the SAMHS archives, I just use the site to try to get what I am looking for. Most of the time I just google it and look at the results and select the SAMHS site if it is shown in the google results. There must be a way into the archives, however, I have never tried to enter them so sorry mate, I don't know.
Maybe someone will come up with the answer, Barry for instance, or even Springy (Frank), someone will know what to do to get into the SAMHS archives, just keep watching this space and maybe the answer will appear.
Sorry I can't help you with that my friend.
waterloo50
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Subject: Re: Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War, 1879 Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:42 am
Hi Martin,
I had a look at the SAMHS site today and they have added a site search engine, I have used it and found exactly what I was after. I entered Isandlwana into the search bar and had 121 pages of archives titles available.
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. I'm assume that you are a regular buyer Ebay ? , if not , be aware of the postage costs , they can make a decent priced purchase an expensive one , especially coming from the USA 
. Where do you live Waterloo ? 
