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Charge!, by George Manville Fenn
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Title: Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer
Author: George Manville Fenn
Illustrator: W.H.C. Groome
Release Date: May 4, 2007 [EBook #21302]
Language: English
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Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer, by George Manville Fenn.
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The earliest European settlers in South Africa were mostly Dutch. They were known as Boers, the Dutch word for farmer. They were doing well, and even though the British had come to rule the country, their comfortable and profitable existence was all that most of them wanted. However, an Irishman of the name of Moriarty thought otherwise, and urged them to rebel against the British, simply because there is a class of Irish people that enjoy fights, and the English are their nearest neighbours, and Ireland was part of Great Britain.
Val Moray is the son of John Moray, who is farming in South Africa, and he has a brother, Bob. There is also a Kaffir worker on the farm, Joe, or by his preference Joeboy. Joeboy is a co-hero of the story. Moriarty arrives with a few of the Boers and demands that Val be handed over to him to go and fight the British. Val has to