Stones for My Father by Trilby Kent from Alma Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "The writing was amazing--emotional, beautiful, strong... I adored every moment."
Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up
Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this, Corlie finds solace in her friend, Sipho, and in Africa itself and in the stories she conjures for her brothers.
But Corlie’s world is about to vanish: the British are invading and driving Boer families like hers from their farms. Some escape into the bush to fight the enemy. The unlucky ones are rounded up and sent to internment camps.
Will Corlie’s resilience and devotion to her country sustain her through the suffering and squalor she finds in the camp at Kroonstad? That may depend on a soldier from faraway Canada and on inner resources Corlie never dreamed she had….
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Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson from Bloomsbury Paperbacks (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "This brilliant novel is the first in a trilogy called The Little Ottleys... another must-read."
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Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (Pax Britannica) by Jan Morris from Faber and Faber Non Fiction (£1.09) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "I was completely entranced by the vivid descriptions of the Empire and its protagonists and players."
Jan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. In this celebrated masterwork she vividly evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she subtly traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji, Zululand and the Canadian prairies.
'How many professional historians can write books that give so much pleasure? This is a book planned by an architect, fitted together by a craftsman, and polished by a cabinet-maker.' Sunday Times
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