Oor Krygers, Korrelkoppe en Konkelaars
[Paperback]
Author(s):Max du Preez
- Published By:
- Zebra Press
- Date Published:
- 1 November 2010
- 288 Pages
- Country:
- South Africa
- EAN:
- 9781770220867
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AVAILABLE IN AFRIKAANS ONLY
Following the huge success of his collections of historical stories, Max du Preez has translated the best from Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets and Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats into Afrikaans.
There are colourful stories about Khoi chiefs who went overseas in the seventeenth century; the Bushmen's pact with lions; the sage Mohlomi; the warrior woman Mantatisi; Coenraad de Buys, the scoundrel pioneer; the black Jews of Venda; Christiaan de Wet and his brother Piet, who fought on different sides in the Anglo-Boer War; the bravery of General de la Rey's wife Nonnie; and the plans to organise Mandela's escape from Robben Island.
In addition there are entirely new stories about shipwreck survivors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many of whom took Zulu or Xhosa wives; about Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, the French boy who was adopted by a Xhosa chief in 1680 and later became a Prussian general; about the remarkable Englishwoman Sarah Heckford, who became a trader in the Boer Republics and advisor to Queen Modjadji; and about the German war orphans who came to SA during World War II.
Following the huge success of his collections of historical stories, Max du Preez has translated the best from Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets and Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats into Afrikaans.
There are colourful stories about Khoi chiefs who went overseas in the seventeenth century; the Bushmen's pact with lions; the sage Mohlomi; the warrior woman Mantatisi; Coenraad de Buys, the scoundrel pioneer; the black Jews of Venda; Christiaan de Wet and his brother Piet, who fought on different sides in the Anglo-Boer War; the bravery of General de la Rey's wife Nonnie; and the plans to organise Mandela's escape from Robben Island.
In addition there are entirely new stories about shipwreck survivors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many of whom took Zulu or Xhosa wives; about Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, the French boy who was adopted by a Xhosa chief in 1680 and later became a Prussian general; about the remarkable Englishwoman Sarah Heckford, who became a trader in the Boer Republics and advisor to Queen Modjadji; and about the German war orphans who came to SA during World War II.
