Murderers, miscreants and mutineers : early colonial Cape lives
This work is the long-awaited sequel to the historian Nigel Penn's award-winning book Rogues, Rebels and Runaways, in which he entertained and informed readers with stories of the lives of some remarkable characters from early Cape history. In this new volume Penn, a consummate raconteur and st...
Enregistré dans:
Auteur principal : | |
---|---|
Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | Murderers, miscreants and mutineers : early colonial Cape lives / Nigel Penn |
Publié : |
Auckland Park, South Africa :
Jacana
, 2015 C 2015 |
Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XV-286 p.) |
Contenu : | The mistress, the master and the slave: adultery and murder on a Swartland farm, 1714. Casper, Crebis and the knecht: a story of rape, homicide and violence in the Tygerberg, 1727. Great escapes: deserting soldiers in the time of Governor Noodt, 1727-1729. The Swiss Meuron Regiment at the Cape, 1783-1788. The Onder Bokkeveld ear atrocity: frontier justice and the Caledon Code, 1812-1825. A wolf in sheep's clothing: Johannes Seidenfaden, missionary at the Cape, 1805-1825 |
Sujets : |
Chargement en cours