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Something of Themselves
- Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War
Engelsk Hardback
Something of Themselves
- Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War
Engelsk Hardback

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In early 1900, the paths of three British writers—Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley and Arthur Conan Doyle—crossed in South Africa, during what’s become known as Britain’s last imperial war. Each of the three had pressing personal reasons to leave England behind, but they were also motivated by notions of duty, service, patriotism and, in Kipling's case, jingoism. Sarah LeFanu compellingly opens an unexplored chapter of these writers’ lives, at a turning point for Britain and its imperial ambitions. Was the South African War, as Kipling claimed, a dress rehearsal for the Armageddon of World War One? Or did it instead foreshadow the anti-colonial guerrilla wars of the later twentieth century?Weaving a rich and varied narrative, LeFanu charts the writers’ paths in the theatre of war, and explores how this crucial period shaped their cultural legacies, their shifting reputations, and their influence on colonial policy.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781787383098
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1787383091
Udg. Dato:
6 feb 2020
Længde:
35mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
167mm
Forlag:
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
6 feb 2020
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