Farmer war

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Hannah Harrison escapes her stalled life in Cape Town for a small-town bookshop in the Free State. A concentration-camp journal from the South African War, found in a dusty box of old stock, reveals the life of Rachel Badenhorst, a young girl separated from her family and enduring the crushing hardship of war. Hannah becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Rachel. Coveting the young girl's courage and endurance, she is compelled to uncover Rachel's story, never thinking it will lead her to pick open the wounds of a local farmer and dig up old tragedies, unearthing grief that even the land has held on to for over a century. Features Summary Hannah Harrison escapes her stalled life in Cape Town for a small-town bookshop in the Free State. A concentration-camp journal from the South African War... Author Clare Houston Publisher The Penguin Group (SA) (Pty) Ltd Release date 20180830 Pages 288 ISBN 1-4152-0962-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4152-0962-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A story of the land, friendship and of secret lives. When Rene Hargreaves is billeted to Starlight Farm as a Land Girl, far from the city where she grew up, she finds farmer Elsie Boston and her country ways strange at first. Yet over the days and months Rene and Elsie come to understand and depend on each other. Soon they can no longer imagine a life apart. But a visitor from Rene's past threatens the life they have built together, a life that has always kept others at a careful distance. Soon they are involved in a war of their own that endangers everything and will finally expose them to the nation's press and the full force of the law. Features Summary A story of the land, friendship and of secret lives. When Rene Hargreaves is billeted to Starlight Farm as a Land Girl, far from the city where she grew up... Author Rachel Malik Publisher Fig Tree Release date 20170422 Pages 288 ISBN 0-241-24963-5 ISBN 13 978-0-241-24963-5

 First published 1963 by Cassell. The jacket is whole, but is edge-worn and rubbed on the extremities / folds, and has some spotting on the reverse, and a price sticker on the back. The back is also slightly soiled. The boards are square and unmarked, but have a bit of wear / fading to the tops and edges. There is some light spotting to the first and last few pages, and spotting on the tops and edges. This is a novel of four soldiers sent to salvage a crashed Hurrican aircraft, and their escape from capture by the Germans in Norht Africa during World War Two. The author "was born in Johannesburg in 1916 and grew up in a sheep farming community in the Orange Free State, and now lives with his wife and three children in Natal. Mr. Lee has been a farmer, miner, native administrator and soldier. He saw service with a South African Armoured Car Division in North Africa and has always been affected by his recollections of the men with whom he fought, who exemplified the single-mindedness of the 8th Army in the desert, where the other ranks did the job and carried out the orders."

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Each volume provides a wide-ranging overview of the period it covers. Although the emphasis is clearly on political history, the major issues affecting the economy, society, religion, culture and ideas are also given appropriate treatment. Sufficient detail is included to ensure that a sound basic knowledge and understanding is acquired. This title assesses the key areas of nineteenth-century European history in an accessible and progressive way. The author examines the key political, economic and social developments in Italy, Germany, France, Russia and Austria-Hungary. Issues and events such as the 1848 Revolutions, Italian and German Unification and the origins of the First World War are analysed and explained through an up-to-date narrative and carefully structured activities. Features Summary Context is the Foundation level of the highly successful Access to History series. Author Alan Farmer Publisher Hodder Education Release date 20010928 Pages 296 ISBN 0-340-78113-0 ISBN 13 978-0-340-78113-5