LETTERS FROM LADYSMITH, eyewitness accounts from the South African War, foreword by Ian Knight

192pp., illus., maps, hardback, d.w., First SA Edition, Johannesburg, 2010

First published in the UK in 2010

A selection of 250 letters from the siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900) originally published in British newspapers.

Edward Spiers is Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of History, University of Leeds. His books include Letters from Mafeking, Letters from Kimberley and The Late Victorian Army.