Blood on the Painted Mountain: Zulu Victory and Defeat, Hlobane and Kambula, 1879

224 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and maps. An account of two vicious battles, on consecutive days, during the Zulu War of 1879, in which the native and the British forces traded victories. Lock examines the details of each engagement, and the way the British defeat at Hlobane affected their ability to triumph at Kambula.