Colonial houses

 Colonial Houses of South Africa - Graham Viney - Struik - Hard cover in slip case: good, clean and tight. This work explores 23 houses in South Africa, varying in character from the simple dignity of Barville Park in the Eastern Cape to the grand-scale opulence of the Tuynhuis in Cape Town. Their histories, both architectural and domestic, are presented, including information on the circumstances of the buildings, the families who occupied them, and their fate at the hands of subsequent generations.  

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 This is a facsimile edition (1996) of the first edition (1900) and limited to 1 500 copies of which this is No. 801/ 1 500. This book is in hardcover and in a good condition.

I was eight when my father brought me to one of the big houses at the top of Esperanza Street and left me with Mary Morelos. I haven't the time to fix broken wings,' she said. Does he have any trouble with discipline?' My father glanced at me before answering. So begins the story of Joseph, houseboy to the once-wealthy Mary Morelos, who lives in the three-storey Spanish colonial house at the top of Esperanza Street. Through Joseph's eyes we witness the destruction of the community to which they are both, in their own way, bound. Set in a port town in the Philippines, Niyati Keni's evocative and richly populated debut novel is about criminality under the guise of progress, freedom or the illusion of it, and about how the choices we make are ultimately the real measure of who we are. About the author Niyati Keni was born in London. She studied medicine and still practises as a physician. She has travelled extensively within Asia, including in the Philippines, where her debut novel is set. Keni is based in West Sussex, England.