Friends and Foes in the Transkei: A Victorian Lady's Experience of Southern Africa During the 1870s

by Helen M. Prichard

Book Overview

Pioneer days in South Africa

Helen Prichard arrived in South Africa with her family in 1876. The colonisation of the interior was in full swing and hers was a family that typified the pioneer sprit of the time. Inevitably the expansion of a new people impacted upon the lives of the native population. These were years-for the British in Africa-when this would have its most significant and disastrous consequences. We experience through Helen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846777577
• ISBN13: 9781846777578
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"