Clive, William (pseudonym of Ronald Bassett), — The Tune That They Play.

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1973). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Based on humiliating 1879 British defeat at Isandhlwana in Zululand by half-naked, unsophisticated African natives. 6 companies of British infantry face the savage onslaught of 20,000 blood-crazed Zulu warriors. With death only seconds away, they stand in the classic British square as they have been taught and fight to the last round and last man. DJ wrap-around art by Edward Mortelmans. DJ sl rumpled, flaps creased.