The undesirables

Dave Boling

Original title: The Undesirables

earliest edition we have, 2014 Pan Macmillan, 2014 256 pages

The Venter family are split. The women and children are at home, working on the farm. The men are away, fighting the British in the second Boer war. Life is hard, but the cause makes it worth the sacrifice. Then a detachment of 'Tommies' arrives at the Venter's farm, takes the family captive and transfers them to a prison camp. What follows is an intimate, emotional story of a family's survival, told through the eyes...

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Undesirables edition · 2014 · Pan Macmillan · 256 pages · 9781447233275
Undesirables edition · 2014 · Pan Macmillan · 400 pages · 9781447233251
The undesirables edition · 2014 · 438 pages · 9781471261114
The Undesirables paperback · Pan Macmillan India · 9781447252085

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