Langbourne Series in 5 volumes
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Paperbacks with around 270 pages each, new and unread.
The year is 1891, and two young boys (aged only 15 and 16) escape the poverty, cold and hunger of Ireland to find a new life in South Africa.
Without friend or family at their destination, they start a tobacco business and learn to adapt to the way of life, the cultures and wildlife of a very new and strange world.
The Langbourne series is based on a true story.
REBELLION: It's now 1893. After selling their tobacco business, Morris and David set off to open a business as general traders north of the Limpopo River, at a settlement called Bulawayo, in a new country called Rhodesia.
With unbelievable courage, these two boys risk their lives to walk northwards into the African bush for three months.
What they don't know is that tensions are rising between the Matabele nation and the European settlers.
EMPIRE: 1894 - 1897. After losing almost everything in the Matabele rebellion, the brothers begin to rebuild their devastated business. With Morris' sharp brain, and David's limitless energy, they begin in earnest, taking massive risks. But no one could have seen plague, drought, disease and war on the horizon.
However, these are the Langbourne brothers, and they will not be beaten!
EVOLUTION: It is 1898 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and the Langbourne brothers business is maturing, and so are the boys.
LOYALTY: Early 1900, and the Anglo Boer War is almost over, or so everyone thinks.
It is also a time for joy, marriages and family, but also sorrow and sadness.
The early years of 1900 bring opportunities for prosperity, and in true Langbourne style, they take risks and knuckle down to capitalise on them.
But to do this, loyalty is paramount, and it comes in all sorts of ways, and from some very unexpected quarters.
