Eric Rosenthal has given South Africans an entrancing new book about those unknown aspects of their country,with which he has become so closely identified in the course of years,and on a subject which he is so highly qualified to write.
Who would fail to feel stirred by the tales of pirates and mutinies in which South Africans have been concerned? Captain Kidd himself, King of all Pirates, had sundry exciting transactions with the authorities at Cape Town.There is the story of the great mutiny at Simonstown,which temporarily crippled the British Navy in our seas.Who but Eric Rosenthal would have found the astonishing facts about the \"Boer Navy\" and of the ship which Paul Kruger chartered to support the efforts of his burghers? Then he tells us the of the terrible secret of Seaman Brookes of the Union Castle Line,--- and there is the mystery of the \"Perthshire,\"---and the story of a South African who.living in the Twentieth Century, had been chased by pirates as a youngster....
Unclipped dustcover with maps to endpapers-Illustrated by Sheila Stephenson, inscribed and signed on 1/2 title page by Eric Rosenthal-187n pages with index.Very clean copy
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 145 X220mm
- Sold By: Quathlamba Winds Books
- Contact Person: Ian & Yvonne Halford
- Country: United Kingdom
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 01743 361772
- Preferred Payment Methods: Paypal-Cheques-Direct Transfer to UK Bank.
- Trade Associations: SABDA
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