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“chris schoeman”

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  • The Unknown Van Gogh

    The Life of Cornelis van Gogh, from the Netherlands to South Africa

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    Much has been written about Vincent van Gogh and his tempestuous relationship with his brother Theo. But few people know that there was a third Van Gogh brother, Cornelis, who was raised in the Netherlands, but worked, married and died in South Africa.The son of a Protestant minister, Cor spent his youth in a series of small Dutch towns, with idyllic holidays walking in the countryside with his ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Historical Overberg

    Traces of the Past in South Africa’s Southernmost Region

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    Situated between the Hottentots Holland Mountains and the Breede River, the Overberg is a fertile agricultural region and a popular holiday destination for tourists and nature lovers who delight in the beauty of its mountainous landscape, abundant plant species and long sandy beaches.This area also has a rich history going back thousands of years, when the indigenous Khoi people originally thrived ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • South Africa’s Rugby Legends

    The Amateur Years

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    South Africa’s Rugby Legends celebrates those players who have become truly immortal in the eyes of their fans – the greatest South African rugby players of the amateur years. This beautifully illustrated book covers the immense achievements of those players who ran out against the mighty All Blacks, the cunning Aussies and the fiery Welsh, among others, and played their way into rugby folklore. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Isandlwana to Ulundi

    The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    ‘Dear Sister and Brother, death has been very busy gathering his harvest in this country,’ wrote a soldier of the 80th Regiment from the brutal Anglo-Zulu War front in April 1879. ‘War in all its horrors has been let loose.’ Few wars have captured the imagination as much as this conflict, and foreign names like Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift and Gingindlovu have become entrenched in British military ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • Lions in Africa

    The British & Irish Lions and the Hunt for the Springboks

    by Chris Schoeman, David McLennan ...
    It was the year 1891, and the first rugby football team from the British Isles was about to embark on a tour of South Africa; any doubts about the financial sustainability of the venture were removed when mining magnate Cecil John Rhodes thumped the table and declared, ’Let them come. I shall stand security for any shortfall.’ And so a tradition began that survived the financial insecurities of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Rugby Behind Barbed Wire

    The 1969/70 Springboks Tour of Britain and Ireland

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    ‘We spent all our time surrounded by police cordons and barbed wire, never mind having our bus hijacked.’ – Tommy Bedford, Springboks No. 8 2019 and 2020 mark the fiftieth anniversary of the controversial 1969/70 Springbok rugby tour of the British Isles – a landmark event on both a sporting and political level. Taking place during the time of South Africa’s apartheid dispensation, the tour was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Angels of Mercy

    Foreign Women in the Anglo-Boer War

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    After the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, hundreds of women left their countries for South Africa, some in search of adventure, others with a strong desire to help the victims of war. They came from all over the world – from Britain and its colonies, and from pro-Boer countries in Europe. But, whatever their origins, they all came to live and work under harsh conditions in a world that was foreign ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Somme Chronicles

    South Africans on the Western Front

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    ‘The heavy smell of blood filled the air, and every moment you had this intense fear that the next bullet was meant for you.So remembered William Thorne, a South African volunteer soldier who fought in the muddy trenches along the River Somme in France on Europe’s Western Front. A boy of nineteen at the time, he was one of thousands of South Africans who took part in the 1916 Somme Offensive ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Number 10s

    South Africa's Finest Flyhalves 1891-21

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    Throughout the history of rugby, it has been the flyhalves who have gripped the imagination of rugby supporters the most. Arguably the most crucial position on the rugby field, a flyhalf can almost single-handedly win a game for his team (remember Naas Botha’s 1987 Currie Cup final, and Joel Stransky’s drop kick in the 1995 World Cup final?). South Africa has produced some of the most famous ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Churchill’s South Africa

    Travels during the Anglo-Boer War

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    In October 1899, the twenty-four-year-old Winston Churchill sailed for South Africa as war correspondent for the Morning Post to report on the Anglo-Boer War. When he returned the following year, it was as a military celebrity.This book follows Churchill’s footsteps across South Africa and gives his impressions of the places he visited, the landscapes he saw, the people he encountered and the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Brothers in Arms

    Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a large number of Hollanders and Dutch expatriates joined the Boers, their reasons ranging from loyalty to their common ancestry to strong anti-British sentiments and a search for adventure. Brothers in Arms documents the trials and tribulations of these volunteers – most of them unaccustomed to the harsh landscape and climate of South Africa. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Boer Boy

    Memoirs of an Anglo-Boer War Youth

    by Chris Schoeman ...
    Boer Boy is the touching true story of a ten-year- old farm boy’s traumatic but fascinating experiences during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. When Charles du Preez and his father were discovered hiding in the mountains of their eastern Free State farm, they were taken prisoner by the English and transported in open coal trucks to Durban. From there they began a harrowing journey aboard the SS ... Read more

    $9.89 USD