Jane Rosenthal Reviews The Book of War by James Whyle
Verdict: carrot
Defectors and heathens versus irregulars and settlers, with Fingo levies and Hottentots uncertainly deployed — these are some of the men carrying arms, opponents in this rather extraordinary novel that has been called “a rare feast” by William Kentridge (and I agree with him).
It is set during what is variously called the Eighth Frontier War, the War of Mlanjeni, or the War of the Prophet, which was fought from 1850 to 1853 in the deep mountainous territory of the Amatolas “that ranged away to the east and displayed their jagged edges like ancient artefacts whose listed purpose is slaughter”.
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- The Book of War by James Whyle
EAN: 9781431403479
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