Ladysmith: A Novel

ISBN: 0375708375

Author: Foden, Giles

Condition: New

From the author of the Whitbread Award-winning The Last King of Scotland, comes a spellbinding tale of a town under siege in colonial Africa and a young woman who finds love and freedom in the midst of a devastating war.The year is 1899, and the South African town of Ladysmith is surrounded by Boer forces. For four long months bread is thickened with laundry starch and soldiers horses are killed for meat; daily bombings destroy homes and businesses, forcing the towns inhabitants into tunnels and makeshift shelters; and soldiers and townspeople alike are hideously wounded by flying shrapnel. As the world she knows collapses around her, Bella Kiernan finds the courage to escape from convention, to rebel against the political forces that threaten her homeland and to pursue her lifes greatest romance.Ladysmith is a magnificent love story, a vivid portrait of war, and clear confirmation of Giles Fodens standing as a formidably talented novelist.