Stormwrack

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Stormwrack
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A sprawling panoramic historical novel that tells the story of the Anglo-Boer conflict of which Leipoldt was an eyewitness. Stormwrack is the classic record of the Second Anglo-Boere War of a century ago. From the archives of the Valley comes this somber group portrait of the closely knit community, whose early history is recorded in the comic prequel, Chameleon on the Gallows. Under the impact of war, the story continues here with the old patriarch. Andrew Quakerley and his adored grandson, the Storams, the Seldons and the Rekkers – loyal and familiar South African types driven into deceit, betrayal and disaster by huge international events beyond their control. Stormsrack was the first English novel by Afrikaans writer C. Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947) to be published. He was an accomplished journalist and food writer. The novel was not published in his lifetime. It was found among the papers in his estate at the University of Cape Town.
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