Nail-maker John Oakley was born in the town of Dulston, but his mother remembered happier origins in the rural village of Grafton Lovett. After her death, he sets out to find his maternal grandfather. In 1836 the Enclosure Bill is about to be implemented in Grafton Lovett and Oakley, returning on foot from a fruitless visit to Parliament, meets some poachers, is arrested and sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land. He jumps ship off the coast of South Africa where he is befriended by the Prinsloos, a family of Dutch origin, who are about to leave their homestead to escape from English rule. Oakley, now known as Grafton, accompanies them. Throughout the story there is conflict: between nations, between families and within families, and yet a love affair develops between John Grafton and Lisbet Prinsloo.
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Francis Brett Young was born in 1884 at Halesowen, Worcestershire. He read Medicine at Birmingham University before entering general practice at Brixham in 1907. Brett Young served in East Africa in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and his experiences are recorded in Marching on Tanga. After the war he and his wife went to live in Capri where a number of novels with African, as well as English, backgrounds were produced. They then returned to England and settled in Worcestershire. During this period he was at the height of his fame and annually produced novels were eagerly awaited. During the Second World War, Brett Young laboured on The Island, his long poem covering the spread of English history from prehistoric times. It was published in 1944 and regarded by him as his greatest achievement. Following a breakdown in his health, the Brett Youngs moved to South Africa, where he died in 1954.
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John Oakley, Jan Bothnia, George Dicketts, Jan Bothma, Grafton Lovett, Adrian Prinsloo, Colonel Abberley, Gert Maritz, Job Radway, Tom Collins, Piet Uys, Lisbet Prinsloo, Sarel Prinsloo, Aaron Sheldon, Tim Kelly, Graaf Remet, Father Smit, Andrew Blair, Sarel Cilliers, United Laagers, Slachter's Nek, Dingaan's Great Place, Port Natal, Piet Retief, Parson Ombersley Browse Sample Pages:
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John Oakley, Jan Bothnia, George Dicketts, Jan Bothma, Grafton Lovett, Adrian Prinsloo, Colonel Abberley, Gert Maritz, Job Radway, Tom Collins, Piet Uys, Lisbet Prinsloo, Sarel Prinsloo, Aaron Sheldon, Tim Kelly, Graaf Remet, Father Smit, Andrew Blair, Sarel Cilliers, United Laagers, Slachter's Nek, Dingaan's Great Place, Port Natal, Piet Retief, Parson Ombersley Browse Sample Pages:
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