 |


|
 |
Item Details
Title:
|
A RAINBOW IN THE NIGHT
THE TUMULTUOUS BIRTH OF SOUTH AFRICA |
By: |
Dominique Lapierre |
Format: |
Electronic book text |

List price:
|
£17.99 |
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0786745843 |
ISBN 13: |
9780786745845 |
Publisher: |
THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP |
Pub. date: |
3 November, 2009 |
Synopsis: |
In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among God's ? Elect," chosen to rule over the continent. Their saga? bloody, ferocious, and fervent? would culminate three centuries later in one of the greatest tragedies of history: the establishment of a racist regime in which a white minority would subjugate and victimize millions of blacks. Called apartheid, it was a poisonous system that would only end with the liberation from prison of one of the moral giants of our time, Nelson Mandela.A Rainbow in the Night is Dominique Lapierre's epic account of South Africa's tragic history and the heroic men and women? famous and obscure, white and black, European and African? who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Da Capo Press Inc |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |


|

|

|

|

|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.

|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...

|

|

|
|
 |