Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Ward, Lock & Co (1900). 342p. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine. Eight halftone illustrations by Browne, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece.
Language
Original language
English
Local notes
A young man named Harold Denver is sent to South Africa by his father to manage a diamond mine. While there, he becomes involved in a plot to overthrow the government and establish a new nation. Harold must navigate the dangerous political landscape of the region, his love for young Elsie, and confront his own moral dilemmas as he becomes embroiled in the conflict.