What novel by Griffith anticipated the Boer War?
War of the Worlds
Briton or Boer?
The Great War in England in 1897
The War of the Worlds
Answer
The novel "Briton or Boer?" by Griffith, published in 1897, anticipated the Boer War, a conflict between the British Empire and the independent Boer republics in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. Griffith's fictional account of tensions between the British and Boers, their struggles for control of land and resources, and the potential for war proved prescient.
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