Kimberley: Turbulent City. Roberts, Brian

David Philip, 1985, first paperback edition. 8vo; pictorial boards, a little browned; pictorial dust wrapper, edge worn; gift inscription on half-title page; pp. x + 413 including index; numerous black-and-white photographs.

"The story of South Africa's most extraordinary city. From the days before the discovery of the first diamond to the present time, the turbulent history of Kimberley is traced in all its fascinating detail. Besides dealing with the Diamond City as the womb of modern industrial Africa, Brian Roberts covers all aspects of its story - its often violent politics, its colourful personalities, its flamboyant architecture, its booms, slumps, strikes, ecstasies and heartbreaks. New facts have been unearthed, old legends have been re-examined, well-known characters have been re-assessed and the great happenings - such as the Amalgamation of the mines - put into perspective. The whole story is told with the vividness, and the accuracy, for which Brian Roberts is renowned." Foreword by Sir Harry Oppenheimer.