Ian Knight

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Ian Knight (born 1956 ) is a British historian .

biography

He studied Afro-Caribbean history at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom, then specialized in the military history of southern Africa and in particular the history of the Zulu nation and the Zulu war of 1879. He has published numerous books on the subject (approx . 30) and was involved in directing the first archaeological excavations on the battlefield of Isandhlwana in 2000 . He worked as a consultant for British and American television stations on the implementation of documentaries about the war between England and the Zulu , and on this occasion he shares his expertise in the sale of items of the period or for commemorative occasions.

Works

  • Great Zulu battles, 1838–1906 , Castle Books, 1988, ISBN 0-785-81569-4
  • Queen Victoria's Enemies (2): Northern Africa , Bloomsbury USA, 1989
  • Zulu 1816-1906 , Bloomsbury USA, 1995
  • The Anatomy of the Zulu Army, from Shaka to Cetshwayo 1818-1879 , Greenhill Books, Londres, 1999, ISBN 1-85367-363-3
  • with Ian Castle, Zulu War, 1879 , Osprey campaign, 2001, ISBN 1-855-32165-3
  • With his face to the foe: the life and death of Louis Napoléon, the prince imperial, Zululand, 1879 , Staplehurst (GB), 2001
  • Isandlwana 1879 , Osprey campaign, 2002, ISBN 978-1-841-76511-2
  • The National Army Museum book of the Zulu War , Pan Books, 2003, ISBN 0-330-48629-2
  • Boer Commando 1876-1902 , Osprey publishing, 2004
  • British fortifications in Zululand, 1879 , Osprey publishing, 2005
  • Brave Men's Blood - the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 , Pen & Sword Military Classics, 2005, ISBN 978-1844152124
  • Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War , Pen & Sword Military Classics, 2008
  • Maori fortifications. ( Fortress ; 81). Osprey, Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-1-8460-3370-4 .
  • Zulu Rising , Pan, 2011
  • The New Zealand Wars 1820-72 , Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013 ISBN 978-1780962795
  • Boer Guerrilla vs British Mounted Soldiers: South Africa 1880-1902 , Osprey publishing, 2017

Prices

literature

Further reading :

  • Adrian Greaves, The Tribe That Washed Its Spears: The Zulus at War , Pen & Sword Military, 2013
  • Desmond Bowen, Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army, Pen & Sword Military, 2005
  • John Laband , Kingdom in Crisis: The Zulu Response to the British Invasion of 1879 , Manchester University Press, 1992
  • John Laband, Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars , The Scarecrow press, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The cultural experience
  2. ↑ BBC, Zulu was artefacts go under hammer in Lewes
  3. ^ Independent, Zulu king who crushed British Army honored with historic blue plaque
  4. ↑ Ian Knight Biography, In: andrewlownie.co.uk (English)
personal data
SURNAME Knight, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1956