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The Last Boer War
H. Rider Haggard
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Personally Boers are fine men, but as a rule ugly. Their women-folk are good-looking in early life, but get very stout as they grow older. They, in common with most of their sex, understand how to use their tongues; indeed, it is said that it was the women who caused the rising against the English Government. None of the refinements of civilisation enter into the life of an ordinary Transvaal Boer. He lives in a way that would shock an English labourer at twenty-five shillings the week, although he is very probably worth fifteen or twenty thousand pounds. His home is but too frequently squalid and filth. . . Read More
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This book was definitely not one of my favorites from H. Rider Haggard.
It was more like a historical documentary on the African Zulu tribal uprisings than a story novel. You have to really pay attention to detail in how he explains it. I found it tedious to read through.
1899 год – год начала второй англо-бурской войны. Её начало казалось неизбежным, вследствие неприятия Британской Империей самого факта существования независимых африканских колоний, должных находиться под её неизменным контролем. В том же году из-под пера Хаггарда вышла книга, повествующая о предпос
Written in 1882 and not published until the eve of the Second Boer War, 1899-190. It is Haggard’s account of the causes and results of the South Africian Boer Rebellion in 1881 in which he was a participant. He also believes it is the basis for the 1899 Boer War. He is also a critic of Bristh polici