Based on true facts and characters, King of Diamonds is a novel that transports the reader to South Africa's tumultuous diamond and gold-mining days in the 1800's, when thousands of fortune-seekers fled there for riches. Many died of disease, violence or mine disasters. Most returned home as the paupers they arrived. Major figures of that era are portrayed, including ruthless empire builder Cecil Rhodes, Paul Kruger, the ill-tempered, British-hating...