The great work of Colenso and Durnford which is exceptional among
contemporary histories in that it attempted to view the conflict
from both sides. Frances Colenso was the daughter of Bishop
Colenso, whose Bishopric included Zululand at the time of the war.
She understood the Zulu nation was a sympathetic observer. This
excellent study written by an author who was close to the events,
was originally published very shortly after the war. Frances
Colenso had a close personal relationship with Colonel Anthony
Durnford, who was killed at Isandlwhana and who posthumously became
one of the scapegoats for the disaster. Frances was therefore able
to call upon the assistance of Durnford's brother, Edward who was
also a soldier and who was therefore in a position to provide this
excellent work with the vital military knowledge, authority and
precision. This great work which resulted from their collaboration
was the first, and remains the most significant survey of the Zulu
War and the events that led up to it. It endures today and forms as
an essential addition to any library encompassing the history of
the Zulu Wars. The engravings and illustrations are contemporary
and are reproduced exactly as they appeared in 1879 in the pages of
the Illustrated London News and the Graphic. These wonderful
engravings provide a direct link with the past and together with
the Colenso and Durnford text to produce an absorbing account of
the Zulu War through Victorian eyes.
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