Facts : 1 Biographies His Life and Correspondence, by John Martineau, was published in 1895
Facts : 2 A more recent work on Bartle Frere s life, The Zulu and the Raj; The Life of Sir Bartle Frere by D
Facts : 3 O Connor, examines details of Frere s life and motives more fully than was permissible in Victorian times when Martineau was writing
Facts : 4 In particular, O Connor points to Frere as a leading thinker on imperial defence
Facts : 5 He sets the Zulu war in the context of the overall global crisis, contingent on the 1877 Balkan War, which was widely expected to result in war between Britain and Russia
Facts : 6 Frere was sent to South Africa to turn this vital area into a secure bastion on the route to India, but was distracted from the task by the routine instability of the South African theatre