Boer War Letters
Title | Boer War Letters |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2000 |
Authors | Hobhouse, Emily, and Rykie Van Reenen |
Number of Pages | 557 |
Publisher | Human & Rousseau |
City | Cape Town |
Abstract | The famous tend to become slotted into cliche. This has been the fate of Emily Hobhouse (1860-1926), an Englishwoman by turns reviled and revered for her controversial humanitarian role in the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer War. The letters compiled and published in this volume span not only her well-known work in the camps, but her forceful and imaginative role in the ruined former republics after the war. She is seen against an unforgettable backdrop of war-time civilian experience. The letters are liberally annotated and the notes and appendices constitute a treasure trove of quotations, anecdote and sidelight. There is a generous photographic section, highlighting various phases of Emily Hobhouse's life and her South African years. |
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