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Excerpt from The Dark RiverOn this side the river was ¿anked by black shiny stones. There was not a tree anywhere, all had been cut down. These were public diggings, and men came to disembowel the earth not to embellish her.The day was unbearably sultry. The black, hot, shiny stones burnt John Oliver's feet through the soles of his boots. His clothes clung to his body. The touch of one finger against another was uncomfortable.About the Publish...
This novel, the first by one of South Africa's foremost literary figures, is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Set in the diamond diggings, The Dark River introduces miscegenation, a theme that recurs in much of her later work. The racist tones of her work have detrimentally affected her status, but nevertheless this novel provides a valuable insight into the life and times of South Africa at the beginning of the 20th centu...
Visionary empire-builder, ultimate Kipling hero, the carrier -- for England -- of "the white man's burden, " Rhodes in his time was revered in England. Who else had a huge country named after him? His life-long dream was the world federation of states, cessation of wars and world government, under British rule. In the perspective of the turbulent century that passed since, he appears a giant with toppled dreams. This is his story.
Painstakingly documented, expertly written, even proofread by General Smuts himself, this is not only an engaging history of Africa but an invaluable description of the first world war, President Wilson's plans and the resulting peace treaties.
