Queen Victoria's Most Famous Little War. The story behind the Zulu War, and how the British commander in the field, Lord Chelmsford, turned potential defeat into victory. This book looks at events through Chelmsford's eyes, examining contemporary correspondence in an attempt to tell the tale. Forced to cope with the catastrophe of Isandlwana, only slightly offset by the heroic defence of Rorke's Drift, he then had to win the war as quickly as possible, before the man who had been chosen to supersede him arrived in South Africa. Full of drama, this is the story of one of the most turbulent campaigns ever fought in Africa.