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Young Jakob,who left his native Bavaria in 1863in order to seek his fortune, is living many thousands of miles away,across the Equator in southern Africa.
He marriedthere, and his family is growing.


Now, it is 1877.
The Zulus are strugglingwith the British in an attempt to keep control of their lands in Natal.  

Elsewhere,in the neighbouring Cape Colony, prospectorsare filling their pockets with diamonds.
Sadly, none ofthese sparklers has ever reached Jakob, who would certainly have known how tomake good use of them.
This does notworry him particularly, because all that he asks of life is to care forhis young family, and to enjoy the occasional glass of brandy.
But now,disaster has struck. 
He has beenforcibly separated from his loved ones, and is languishing in a cell behindbars.
Why has hebeen incarcerated?
And will he beable to find a way of getting out?




Mynew novel, set largely in the Orange Free State, is a tale very loosely based on episodesin the life of one of my colourful ancestors.