Thunder on the Blaauwberg - Lawrence G. Green

Thunder on the Blaauwberg - Lawrence G. Green First edition 1966

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This is probably Lawrence Greens most interesting book. His characters are authentic, and they have the dramatic appeal of the people in a memorable novel. The author rightly places John William Dunne at the head of his list of rare, strange and curious personalities the dreamy Irish lad who rode along Blaauwberg beach long ago. Dunne became famous not only as an air pioneer but also as a man whose most sensational dreams came true. Dunne was a prophet, and many people believe that he found scientific proof of life after death. Few people are aware that the first Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, has descendants in South Africa. Here is the story, told for the first time after years of research. As a contrast there is the prospector Solomon Rabinowitz, known as King of the Richtersveld, a man who loved the solitude in which he found diamonds.

Rabinowitz studied the baboons and gave Lawrence Green the benefit of his years of observation in the wilderness. Here in these unforgettable pages is the story of Alexander Scotland, the business man who was planted in the Kaisers army in German South West Africa long before 1914, the man who became Britains master spy in both world wars. Lawrence Green visited Colonel Scotland in London and gathered his story at first hand. Never before has Lawrence Green packed so many strange personalities into one book. New readers will understand immediately why more than half a million copies Of his books have been sold.