The Last Boer WarThe author H. Rider Haggard is today best remembered for classics of the action-adventure genre such as She and King Solomon's Mines. But these masterworks of "lost world" fiction had their roots in Haggard's real-life experiences in what is now known as South Africa, where he lived for a time as a young man. In this nonfiction account of the brutal conflict that gripped the region in the late 19th century, Haggard explores the causes and long-term impacts of the Boer wars. |
Contents
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Chapter II Events Preceding the Annexation | 39 |
Chapter III The Annexation | 62 |
Chapter IV The Transvaal Under British Rule | 93 |
Chapter V The Boer Rebellion | 121 |
Chapter VI The Retrocession of the Transvaal | 152 |
Chapter VII | 192 |
Appendix | 210 |
Endnotes | 226 |
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