This is a continuation of the love story begun in the author’s
previous novel, The Tame Khaki, in which the twenty-year-old Jack
Whitelaw set off from his home in Dorset to fight the Boers in the
southern tip of Africa. Wounded, he’s taken to a Ladysmith
hospital, where falls in love with a beautiful young nurse, Rachel
du Toit, a boerenooi, whose father and brothers are all fighting in
a Boer commando. The love affair flourishes during the siege`–
until Rachel is forced to flee Ladysmith and ends up in a British
concentration camp. It’s now March 1902 and the war is virtually
over. Shortly before Jack sailed for home, Rachel forgave him for
his part in Milner’s ‘scorched earth policy’ and he returns to
Pietermaritzburg determined to win her hand in marriage. His
blissful life with his lovely wife and two little children on a
farm in the Natal Midlands begins to transform when Britain
declares war against Germany and his deep sense of loyalty to his
excolleagues and The Old Country kicks in. Rachel is at first
fiercely opposed to him again donning a British uniform but
eventually relents, knowing Jack will continue to feel powerful
pangs of guilt if he doesn’t. You’ll become deeply engrossed – at
times saddened – by what occurs next.
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