Lee Stevenson Author

Lee Stevenson has a long-standing fascination with the Defence of Rorke's Drift thanks to his late father, Ray, who sparked his interest with a gift of a book about the Anglo-Zulu war when Lee was fourteen. Forty years later he is still researching the lives of the men who fought and has written numerous articles for magazines and regimental journals. In 2003, along with his friend and fellow Rorke's Drift enthusiast Alan Baynham-Jones, he published their joint collection of first-hand accounts and stories written by the defenders, Rorke's Drift - By Those Who Were There. This is an expanded and updated version of that book. Ian Knight is internationally recognised as a leading authority on the Anglo-Zulu War. He has contributed to numerous TV documentaries on the subject, including the BBC's Timewatch and Channel 4's Secrets of the Dead. In 2000 he was the historian attached to the archaeological dig at the iSandlwana battlefield. He has written numerous books on the subject including Zulu Rising; The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift, The Anatomy of the Zulu Army, The National Army Museum Book of the Zulu War, and is co-author of The Zulu War; Then and Now and Fearful Hard Times. He is a recipient of the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society's Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Award for a lifetime's achievement in the field.