by Conan Doyle · Cluster: War and Empire · History · Nationalism and Patriotism
Abstract
A war-correspondent sketch of Conan Doyle’s week with the British army during the Boer War, following the advance on Brandfort and the Vet River. It juxtaposes the exhilaration of campaign life with unflinching glimpses of looting, civilian suffering, and battlefield death.
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Forms & Genres: Travel Writing, Sketch, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: War and its Cost, Empire and Imperialism, Suffering and Pain, Mortality, History Motifs: Fire, Blood Historical References: Boer War (Second South African War), British Empire Settings: South Africa, Battlefield, Military Camp Archetypes: Hero Topoi: War as Glory, Last Stand