The Covenant
 

The Covenant

by James A Michener

Adventurers, scoundrels and missionaries. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become South Africa. For hundreds of years, their rivalries and passions spill across the land. From the first Afrikaners to the powerful Zulu nation, and the missionaries who lived with both--all of them will influence and take part in the wars and politics that... (read more)

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An interesting history of the settling of South Africa. Occasionally brutal, but educational and entertaining.

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