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This book describes the career of an English aristocrat, Christopher Bethell, who arrives in southern Africa in 1878 as the classic "remittance" man, despatched to the colonies to avoid a scandal at home. Bethell, an intelligence officer and later, a border agent, is the protagonist who facilitated the acquisition of arms for Montshiwa's Ratshidi-Barolong to resist the depredations of freebooters, mercenaries based mostly in the Transvaal. In his alliance with Kgosi Montshiwa Tawana, Bethell ide

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Author

Manson, Andrew (author)

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781000838138

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Historical Fiction, Science

Updated

2026-03-25