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Book Title: Besieged by the Boers : the Diary of a Doctor Within Kimberley During the Second Boer War 1899
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Evelyn Oliver Ashe
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Military
Publisher: Leonaur The Limited
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 136 Pages
