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Emperor Norton I
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Description
This wryly humorous and meticulously researched novel plunges you into the brutal reality of the Albany district, a land far from the promise of prosperity. Here, the Norton family struggles to farm unforgiving soil amidst a maelstrom of cultural conflict. The air is thick with tension between the newly arrived British, the established Dutch colonists, and the resilient Xhosa people defending their ancestral lands, all set against the backdrop of the relentless Frontier Wars.
Witness Joshua's formative years shaped by violence, economic ruin, and the stark absurdities of colonial ambition. It is on this scarred and contested ground that a boy is forged-his keen sense of justice warped by tragedy, his reality blurred by the immense pressure of a world perpetually at war. This is the definitive account of how a not-very-successful settler's son began his extraordinary journey to become the beloved monarch of a realm that existed only in his magnificent, fractured mind.
Includes extensive hostircal excerpts, images and maps detailing the reality of the colonial period, and life in the Cape Colony and Albany Settlement.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
334
Release Date:
2025-11-19
Publication Date:
2025-11-19
Publisher:
Brimir & Blainn
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1918388008
ISBN13:
9781918388008
Weight:
485 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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