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Ladysmith

Ladysmith

by Giles Foden (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $3.38
Synopsis

The year is 1899, and Boer forces have surrounded the small South African town of Ladysmith. As shells and shrapnel rain down, British soldiers and townsfolk dig themselves in. Waiting for rescue, they try to keep up their spirits with parties and cricket matches. But General Buller's relief column can't break through.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Sep 1999
ISBN 10: 0571197337
ISBN 13: 9780571197330
Book Overview: Giles Foden also wrote The Last King of Scotland .

Author Bio
Giles Foden, who grew up in Africa, was for three years an as sistant editor of the Times Literary Supplement and then joined the staff of the Guardian. In 1998 Foden won the Whitbread First Novel Award for the Last King of Scotland, which was followed in 1999 by Ladysmith - two novels which, according to Alan Massie writing in the Scotsman, 'establish him as the most original and interesting novelist of his generation'.