Major Greyville VC A Tale of The Great Boer War Senator The Hon. G G Munnik

Major Greyville VC A Tale of The Great Boer War  

Author: Senator The Hon. G G Munnik       

Publisher: T Maskew Miller Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg, South Africa

Edition: First, Circa 1911   

ISBN: Nort stated  

Language: English 

Condition: Fair. Faded cloth boards with edge-wear. Some small splits to the cloth of the spine edges. A few small open tears to the top and bottom edges of the spine.

Binding: Hardcover  

Pages: 317. Print with maps   

Additional Information

Many books dealing with the Boer War in South Africa have been published . The addition of another to the long list may seem to need an explanation. It consists in the fact that whereas most of the previous volumes on the subject are written by Englishmen, this one is the work of a Boer. The question of the rights and wrongs of the Boer War campaigns is a large one. Much may be said on either side. The best endeavors of two nations were freely spent upholding views that they conscientiously believed to be entirely justifiable. In that long and bitter struggle that ensued, Britons and Boers laid down their lives alike at the call of their countries, united in one common bond of loyalty to the Governments they served. 

While  prisoner in India, to which country the author was deported after capture at Epumileni, one Englishman in particular stood out in my mind, and it occurred to me that I might materially lessen the tedium of his captivity by weaving a story round his personality. To this fact, this book owes its existence.

During the time the author was writing the book, Major G. A. Ivatt, Lincoln Regiment, the commandant of the Boer Prisoners of War camp at Trichinopoly, indicated that Major Granville received a V.C. .

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