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Reitz, F.W.

A CENTURY OF WRONG;

issued by F.W. Reitz, State Secretary of the South African Republic; with preface by W.T. Stead.

Published: Review of Reviews" Office, London, 1900

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xxiii, 152 pages. Pictorial cloth in unusually good condition. Bears the book plate of the late Frikkie Botha.                                                                               

“…in this awful turning point of the history of South Africa, on the eve of the conflict which threatens to exterminate our people, it behoves us to speak the truth in what may be, perchance, our last message to the world." Reitz, quoted in the preface. The book was issued as the official exposition of the case of the Boer against the Briton. Also issued in Afrikaans /  Dutch as EEN EEUW VAN ONRECHT.

Reitz was Secretary of State of the South African Republic at the time of publication. It later emerged that Jan Smuts was the author of this work. 

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 22.5 x 15 cm
  • Sold By: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 021-4246955
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Credit card; EFT
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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