by Giles Foden · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571197330
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«Ladysmith» is the historical novel by Giles Foden, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (366 pages, in English).
In 1899, Boer forces besiege Ladysmith. British soldiers and civilians resist while General Buller's column fails to break through; only danger, disease and hunger arrive. At the centre, young Bella Kiernan experiences the siege as an unexpected freedom. Inspired by letters from Foden's great-grandfather, it recreates the first modern war.
Giles Foden's second novel, winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1998 for The Last King of Scotland, is set during the siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900), in the Boer War.
For readers of historical fiction and war narrative interested in the Boer War and the British colonial era.
Giles Foden is an English author, best known for his novel The Last King of Scotland (1998).
