Zebra Press, an imprint of Random House Struik, is one of South Africa's leading publishing imprints specialising in Military History. Among their books in this field are several accounts of national service in South Africa, such as the hugely successful An Unpopular War by J.H. Thompson, Zulu Zulu Golf by Arn Durand, and 32 Battalion by Piet Nortje.
Some of their highlight titles releasing later this year include Churchill's South Africa and Angels of Mercy.
Churchill's South Africa covers the future statesman's travels across the Great Karoo and through the green hills of Natal, his capture by the Boers, his escape to Delagoa Bay and his triumphant return to the Natal front as an officer in the SA Light Horse. It recreates the drama of the Battle of Spioen Kop and the Relief of Ladysmith, and describes Churchill's experiences during the British advance through the Free State and the Transvaal, before returning to England as a Boer War hero.
Angels of Mercy tells the story of the brave women who worked as nurses on the frontline, while others came to teach Boer children in the concentration camps. They came from all over the world - from Britain and its colonies, and from pro-Boer countries in Europe. But, whatever their origins, they all came to live and work under harsh conditions that were foreign to them. Based on personal diaries and letters, as well as other wartime sources, this fascinating and inspiring book tells of their trials and tribulations as they dealt with the dangers of war, the extremes of the environment, and the sad eyes of the dying men under their care. Die boek sal ook in Afrikaans beskikbaar wees as Engele in die Vreemde.
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