On the Heels of De Wet

On the Heels of De Wet
Author: Lionel James
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-12-17
Genre: Fiction
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"On the Heels of De Wet" by Lionel James is an account of operations to suppress the Boer invasion of Cape Colony in 1901. The author took part in various drives chiefly in pursuit of the Boer commander De Wet. The narrative is fictional, but it's based on the writer's war diary and shows the true nature of what it's like to be in the middle of war and conflict. Though a short story, the tale is full of adventure and suspense that only an expert could write.

The Reminiscences of Charlotte, Lady Wake

The Reminiscences of Charlotte, Lady Wake
Author: lady Charlotte Murdoch Tait Wake
Publisher: Edinburgh : W. Blackwood
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1909
Genre:
ISBN:

Charlotte Murdoch Tait (1800-1888) was born in Scotland, and "in 1822 ... became the wife of Charles Wake, son of Sir William Wake of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, whom he succeeded in 1847 ... it was at Pitsford, Northamptonshire, where she resided after her husband's death in 1864 ... that Lady Wake wrote these 'Reminiscences, ' with which she ... incorporated some of her brother, Archibald [Campbell Tait, 1811-1882], afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury."