London to Ladysmith Author:Winston Churchill LONDON TO LADYSMITH is Churchill's account of his experiences in the Boer War, everything from its political importance to the incident that made him a hero...his capture by Boers and subsequent escape. That struggle between English and Dutch settlers of Africa's southern peninsula was grim and bitter. Stakes were huge -- principally South Af... more »rica's strategic location and its vast mineral wealth. The British won, but the two white tribes never did get along and -- irony of ironies -- the Dutch finally triumphed at the ballot box. It is they who ran the government. "An on-the-scene account of one of history's most important civil wars, admirably told." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)« less