Na die uitbreek van die Anglo-Boereoorlog het honderde vroue hul moederlande verlaat en na Suid-Afrika gekom, sommige op soek na avontuur, ander met n egte begeerte om die slagoffers van die oorlog te help. Hulle het van reg oor die wêreld gekom van Brittanje en sy kolonies, en van pro-Boerlande in Europa. Maar wat ook al hul oorsprong, het hulle almal hierheen gekom om in onaangename en vreemde toestande te leef en te werk.
Engele in die vreemde vertel die verhale van twaalf van hierdie dapper vroue, afkomstig van Engeland, die Nederlande, België, Swede, Kanada, Australië en Nieu-Seeland. Sommige het as verpleegsters aan die front gewerk, terwyl ander Boerekinders in die konsentrasiekampe onderrig het. Hierdie fassinerende en inspirerende boek is gebaseer op persoonlike dagboeke en briewe, sowel as ander oorlogsbronne, en vertel van hul beproewinge en rampspoed terwyl hulle te kampe gehad het met die gevare van oorlog, die uiterstes van die omgewing en die treurige oë van sterwende mans in hul sorg. Hul verhale is dié van barmhartigheid en moed.
{After the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, hundreds of women left their mother countries and came to South Africa, some in search of adventure, others with a genuine desire to help the victims of the war. They came from all over the world - from Britain and its colonies, and from pro-Boer countries in Europe. But whatever their origins, they all came here to live and work in unpleasant and strange conditions.
Angels in the Strange tells the stories of twelve of these brave women, hailing from England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Some worked as nurses at the front, while others taught Boer children in the concentration camps. Based on personal diaries and letters, as well as other wartime sources, this fascinating and inspiring book tells of their trials and tribulations as they faced the dangers of war, the extremes of the environment and the sad eyes of dying men in their care. Their stories are those of mercy and courage.]
