1929, and Donald Kirkwood's Zululand cotton farm is abandoned. The
family moves to Chelmsford, a clifftop house on the northern
outskirts of Durban. Afrikaner right-wingers plot pro-Nazi support
as Hitler continues his rise to power during the 1930s. In Durban,
society is more concerned with horse racing and doing good works
among marginalised Zulus and Indians. When war breaks out in Europe
and north-east Africa, Donald Kirkwood's son Ewan enlists and is
exposed to the full horrors of war. He joins the Springbok Legion
in Addis Ababa, a fraternity for all servicemen to help those in
need. Later, his romance across the colour-bar with a beautiful
Indian girl leads to disaster. The novel is rich with characters -
Keswick Jardine, the harbourmaster, who opens the French doors of
his house with a system of levers linked to a ship's wheel in the
sitting room; Jeeves, the Jardines' Indian butler, who chuckles
away in his rooms at night, reading books by P G Wodehouse; and the
pretty half-caste bar girl Rosa in Lourenco Marques who helps
Malcolm Muggeridge disable the Italian consul, described by spy Kim
Philby as "the most dangerous man in Africa". This novel completes
the Kirkwood family trilogy set in a troubled South Africa and
'bookended' by two world wars.
General
| Imprint: |
Fish Eagle Books
|
| Country of origin: |
Ireland |
| Series: |
The Kirkwood Trilogy, 3 |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| Authors: |
William Paterson
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-94286-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-399-94286-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781399942867 |
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