祖魯戰爭：1879年的英雄主義與悲劇 Zulu : The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879

基本信息/Product Details

Publisher ? : ? Penguin; Reprint edition (28 July 2005)

Language ? : ? English

Paperback ? : ? 528 pages

ISBN-10 ? : ? 0141015691

ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0141015699

Dimensions ? : ? 12.9 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm

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書籍簡介/Book Deion

祖魯戰爭（Anglo-Zulu War）發生於1879年，是大英帝國與南非的祖魯王國之間爆發的大規模軍事戰爭，也稱作英祖戰爭。在一開始，戰爭就因幾起大規模流血衝突而引起人們的注意，也因此成為英國在那一地區殖民主義統治的標誌性事件。

在祖魯首領拒絕英軍對其的“最後通牒”後，英國切爾姆斯福德勛爵率領軍隊渡過布法羅河和圖蓋拉河，向祖魯王國大舉進攻。祖魯戰爭是冷兵器和槍炮之間的激烈碰撞，戰爭初期祖魯人曾重創過英軍，但隨後逐漸落入下風，這場戰爭也終結了祖魯作為獨立國家的歷史。

Saul David的《祖魯戰爭：1879年的英雄主義與悲劇》是對19世紀極具爭議性和殘酷的英帝國衝突的一次精彩回顧。

祖魯戰爭的真實故事是切爾姆斯福德勛爵在英國政府不知情的情況下入侵祖魯蘭的欺騙、不名譽、無能和失職的一場戰爭。但它並沒有按計劃進行，而是產生了許多政治影響。Saul David利用英國和南非檔案館的新材料，揭開了這場最骯髒的帝國戰爭的蓋子，並得出了一些令人震驚的新結論。

Saul David's Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 is a fascinating look at the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century.

The real story of the Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. But it did not go to plan and there were many political repercussions. Using new material from archives in Britain and South Africa, Saul David blows the lid on this most sordid of imperial wars and comes to a number of startling new conclusions.

'Saul David's brilliant and magisterial account must now be regarded as the definitive history of the Zulu War' Frank McLynn, Literary Review

'This meticulously detailed book...give[s] a fully rounded and judicious account of this dismal conflict Guardian

'Fascinating, thrilling, convincing... reads like a novel' Economist

Saul David is Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham and the author of several critically acclaimed history books, including The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year) and, most recently, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire.

作者簡介/Author

SAUL DAVID是一位歷史學家、廣播員和小説家。他的許多廣受好評的歷史書籍包括《印度兵變：1857》（入圍威斯敏斯特軍事文學獎）；《祖魯》（Waterstone's年度軍事歷史書）；《維多利亞的戰爭》、《雷電行動》。139航班和對恩德培機場的突襲（亞馬遜英國年度歷史書），《原力：傳説中的特種作戰部隊和二戰中的不可能任務》。以及《地獄的考驗》。二戰的最後一場大戰役》。霹靂行動的電影版權被好萊塢電影公司Participant Media買下，並被用於製作電影《恩德培的7天》，該電影由Working Title公司聯合制作，由何塞-帕迪拉執導，羅莎蒙德-派克、丹尼爾-布呂爾和埃迪-馬桑主演。該片於2018年春季在美國和英國（作為《恩德培》）發行。

索爾還寫過三部以維多利亞時代後期為背景的歷史小説。第一部《祖魯·哈特》（2009年）被《泰晤士報》描述為 "令人振奮的好故事"，"一個引人注目的性感英雄，可以讓康威爾的夏普為之傾倒"。該系列的第三部作品《王子與白教堂謀殺案》於2018年2月出版。

索爾曾為所有主要電視頻道介紹並出現在歷史節目中，他是白金漢大學的軍事歷史教授。

SAUL DAVID is an historian, broadcaster and novelist. His many critically-acclaimed history books include: The Indian Mutiny:1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature); Zulu (a Waterstone’s Military History Book of the Year); Victoria’s Wars, Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport (an Amazon UK History Book of the Year), The Force: The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission Impossible, and Crucible of Hell: The Last Great Battle of World War Two. The film rights to Operation Thunderbolt were bought by Hollywood film company Participant Media and used in the making of the motion picture '7 Days in Entebbe', co-produced by Working Title, directed by José Padilha, and starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan. It was released in the US and UK (as ‘Entebbe’) in the spring of 2018.

Saul has also written three historical novels set in the late Victorian period. The first, Zulu Hart (2009), was described by The Times as a ‘rattling good yarn’ with ‘a compelling, sexy hero who could give Cornwell’s Sharpe a run for his money’. The third in the series, The Prince and the Whitechapel Murders, was published in February 2018.

Saul has presented and appeared in history progammes for all the major TV channels, and is Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham.