The Siege of Mafeking

The Siege of Mafeking PDF Author: J. Augus Hamilton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752386088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Reproduction of the original: The Siege of Mafeking by J. Augus Hamilton

The Siege of Mafeking

The Siege of Mafeking PDF Author: Angus Hamilton
Publisher: London, Methuen & Company
ISBN:
Category : Mafeking (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Mafeking

Mafeking PDF Author: Frederick David Baillie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mafeking (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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The Siege of Mafeking

The Siege of Mafeking PDF Author: J. Augus Hamilton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752386088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Reproduction of the original: The Siege of Mafeking by J. Augus Hamilton

A Ghost and His Gold

A Ghost and His Gold PDF Author: Roberta Eaton Cheadle
Publisher: Tsl Publications
ISBN: 9781913294946
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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After Tom and Michelle Cleveland move into their recently built, modern townhouse, their housewarming party is disrupted when a drunken game with an Ouija board goes wrong and summonses a sinister poltergeist, Estelle, who died in 1904. Estelle makes her presence known in a series of terrifying events, culminating in her attacking Tom in his sleep with a knife. But, Estelle isn't alone. Who are the shadows lurking in the background - one in an old-fashioned slouch hat and the other, a soldier, carrying a rifle? After discovering their house has been built on the site of one of the original farms in Irene, Michelle becomes convinced that the answer to her horrifying visions lie in the past. She must unravel the stories of the three phantoms' lives, and the circumstances surrounding their untimely deaths during the Second Anglo Boer War, in order to understand how they are tied together and why they are trapped in the world of ghosts between life and death. As the reasons behind Estelle's malevolent behaviour towards Tom unfold, Michelle's marriage comes under severe pressure and both their lives are threatened.

The Boy

The Boy PDF Author: Pat Hopkins
Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)
ISBN: 9781868722624
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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This critical reappraisal of the siege of Mafikeng provides a fresh examination of the role of Major-General Baden-Powell in the conflict, during which approximately 2000 people died in action or expired from disease or starvation.

Mafeking Diary

Mafeking Diary PDF Author: Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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"Sol Plaatje's Mafeking Diary is a document of enduring importance and fascination. The product of a young black South African court interpreter, just turned 23 years old when he started writing, it opens an entirely new vista on the famous Siege of Mafeking. By shedding light on the part played by the African population of the town, Plaatje explodes the myth, maintained by belligerents, and long perpetuated by both historians and the popular imagination, this this was a white man's affair. One of the great epics of British imperial history, and perhaps the best remembered episode of the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902, is presented from a wholly novel perspective. "At the same time, the diary provides an intriguing insight into the character of a young man who was to play a key role in South African political and literary history during the first three decades of this century. It reveals much of the perceptions and motives that shaped his own attitudes and intellectual development and, indeed, those of an early generation of African leaders who sought to build a society which did not determine the place of its citizens by the colour of their skin. The diary therefore illuminates the origins of a struggle which continues to this day." -- John L. Comaroff (ed.) in his preface

Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa

Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa PDF Author: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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The Boy-man

The Boy-man PDF Author: Tim Jeal
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 740

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A study of Baden-Powell's many roles and personalities: actor, artist, spy, hoaxer, female impersonator, author, sportsman, regimental commander, and founder of the Boy Scouts.

The Great Boer War

The Great Boer War PDF Author: Byron Farwell
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783830611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 920

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The story of the battle for independence from the British Empire in South Africa by “a vivid chronicler of military forces, generals, and wars” (Kirkus Reviews). The Great Boer War (1899-1902), more properly known as the Great Anglo-Boer War, was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy. Byron Farwell traces the war’s origins; the slow mounting of the British efforts to overthrow the Afrikaners; the bungling and bickering of the British command; the remarkable series of bloody battles that almost consistently ended in victory for the Boers over the much more numerous British forces; political developments in London and Pretoria; the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley; the concentration camps into which Boer families were herded; and the exhausting guerrilla warfare of the last few years when the Boer armies were finally driven from the field. The Great Boer War is a definitive history of a dramatic conflict by the author of Queen Victoria’s Little Wars, “a leading popular military historian” (Publishers Weekly).

South African Memories

South African Memories PDF Author: Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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