Brother and Sister Boer: A Family's Struggle Against the British During the Boer War-The Petticoat Commando or Boer Women in Secret Service by

by Johanna Brandt and Dietlof Van Warmelo

Book Overview

Joined by blood and conviction

This book contains two first hand accounts of the Second Boer War written by a brother and sister. Each had a strong sense of their Boer identity and saw the future of at least a significant portion of southern Africa as offering a chance for their culture to create its own destiny. This made them implacable enemies of the British agenda-and of the British military might to impose it-for the region. By virtue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782821821
• ISBN13: 9781782821823
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"