Closed File: The True Story Behind the Execution of Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock by Kit Denton

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket is also in very good condition, now in protective plastic covering.

The true story behind the execution of Lieutenants Harry Harbord Morant and Peter Joseph Handcock at Pretoria Gaol on 27 February 1902.

In this fast-moving narrative, Kit Denton describes the circumstances that led to the Boer War; recruiting in Australia; the political situation in Britain at the turn of the 20th century; Kitchener's tactics; the birth of guerilla warfare; and reconstructs the incidents for which Morant and Handcock were court-martialled. (book flap)