THE BOOK OF WAR. James Whyle. Eastern Cape Frontier Wars
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1997. Hard cover with dust cover. 192 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg.
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James Whyle’s The Book of War spans the Eastern Cape Frontier Wars of the mid-19th century and also has a young lad known only as “the kid” as its central protagonist. The kid is part of a band of ruffians. These irregulars, as they are called, find themselves authorised to clear the uncharted territories of the Eastern Cape of unwanted inhabitants by whatever means they can. They, under the command of their young captain, lay waste to the people they encounter as they break down the settlements of so-called heathens. Violence is relentless and bleak on all sides, even sometimes within the irregulars’ own camp. Rape and murder take place as a matter of course as the band of men move through the landscape of the Eastern Cape.