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An Unreasonable Woman - 21 October 1899 (Paperback)
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An Unreasonable Woman - 21 October 1899 (Paperback)
Series: Battles of the Anglo-Boer War Series
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Price R204
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In a time of rampant imperialism, feisty Judith Armstrong is
determined to fight for the rights of impoverished women in a
masculine world - that is until a demonstration deteriorates into a
riot, bringing her into conflict with Ralph Gilchrist, a well-born
officer in Her Majesty’s Dragoon Guards. Judith’s spirited approach
to Women’s Rights and freedom inevitably clashes with Ralph’s
decidedly conservative and typically Victorian views. Sparks fly,
but despite their mutual attraction, scandal forces her to leave
Britain for a mission station in the British colony of Natal.
Britain is struggling to maintain its empire in the face of the
demands of a growing democracy at home and the rising powers of
Germany, America and Russia abroad. These tensions are set to play
out in southern Africa, where diamonds have been discovered and it
has suddenly become that much more important to cement the Empire’s
hold on the territory. In the fledgling colony of Natal, a power
struggle between the British and the Zulu Kingdom grows, and it is
here that Judith and Ralph are destined to meet again - but this
time on the blood-soaked battlefields of Zululand at the fateful
Battle of Isandlwana. This then is their story... a story of young
South Africa and of the clash between an aging empire and the
mighty Zulu tribe. A story of adventure, glorious bravery,
earth-shattering defeat and a love that could never be.
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