The setting for this novel is the Boer War in South Africa in 1880. This novel is interesting and exciting on several levels: there are complicated love entanglements, evil Machiavellian treachery, political reflection having to do with the ethics of the colonialism of the day, for one subject for thought, and war in all its lurid and shocking and murderous detail.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
John Has an Adventure
12:00 - Chapter 2
How the Sisters Came to Mooifontein
24:25 - Chapter 3
Mr. Frank Muller
18:29 - Chapter 4
Bessie Is Asked in Marriage
16:57 - Chapter 5
Dreams Are Foolishness
14:49 - Chapter 6
The Storm Breaks
18:57 - Chapter 7
Love's Young Dream
15:30 - Chapter 8
Jess Goes to Pretoria
14:16 - Chapter 9
Jantje's Story
14:50 - Chapter 10
John Has an Escape
22:47 - Chapter 11
On the Brink
14:42 - Chapter 12
Over It
22:00 - Chapter 13
Frank Muller Shows His Hand
16:48 - Chapter 14
John to the Rescue
17:33 - Chapter 15
A Rough Journey
17:02 - Chapter 16
Pretoria
17:26 - Chapter 17
The Twelfth of February
20:06 - Chapter 18
And After
16:44 - Chapter 19
Hans Coetzee Comes to Pretoria
16:29 - Chapter 20
The Great Man
16:07 - Chapter 21
Jess Gets a Pass
14:12 - Chapter 22
On the Road
15:03 - Chapter 23
In the Drift of the Vaal
23:59 - Chapter 24
The Shadow of Death
18:47 - Chapter 25
Meanwhile
17:32 - Chapter 26
Frank Muller's Familiar
15:49 - Chapter 27
Silas Is Convinced
18:08 - Chapter 28
Bessie Is Put the Question
18:32 - Chapter 29
Condemned to Death
15:46 - Chapter 30
We Must Part, John
16:31 - Chapter 31
Jess Finds a Friend
16:24 - Chapter 32
He Shall Die
18:48 - Chapter 33
Vengeance
16:47 - Chapter 34
Tanta Coetzee
16:51 - Chapter 35
The Conclusion of the Matter
12:59