Rough Diamonds - Couverture souple

Hallowes, Guy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0648479099 ISBN 13 : 9780648479093

Editeur : OMNE Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

An exciting adventure story set in South Africa in the mid-nineteenth century at the time of the discovery of diamonds...

Why are the white invaders 'gathering like ants in a rainstorm' seeking little white stones 'that cannot be eaten and cannot have children?' Mpande, King of the Zulus, sends tribesman Mapitha and two companions to the Kimberley diamond diggings to find out.

After three years, many adventures and clashes with the invaders, particularly Fritz Koekemoer, the original discoverer of the diamond field, Mapitha returns alone to the Zulu heartland. There he finds the new King Cetshwayo, in conflict with Sir Theophilus Shepstone, self-styled 'White Father of the Zulu people' conspiring to take over the independent Zulu nation with the help of the British army.
Rough Diamonds is a great read. It is full of interesting characters and crazy adventures. If only I had history lessons like that at school...Amazon reader.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Guy Hallowes has lived in many different countries: born in Kenya, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the UK, he has also lived in South Africa, Botswana, and Canada whilst settling with wife Diana and their four children on Sydney's leafy north shore. A Senior Executive in a major international publishing company for twenty years, Guy always harboured a wish to write - a wish that has now been more than fulfilled with six novels published and now a seventh one: 'Joe'.Web-site: www.guyhallowes.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OMNE Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0648479099
• ISBN 13: 9780648479093
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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