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Book Title
Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880-1899-Cha
ISBN
9781770220805
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Format
Book
Language
English
Publication Name
Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880-1899
Item Height
230mm
Author
Charles Van Onselen
Publisher
Penguin Random House South Africa
Item Width
150mm
Subject
History
Item Weight
434g
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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For two decades before a railway system linked southern Africa's principal cities in the mid-1890s, the world's richest supplies of diamonds and gold were transported by coach and horses to distant ports for export. For Irish soldiers based at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, the temptation of this fabulous wealth proved irresistible: they deserted by the score and, as members of the criminal 'Irish Brigade', embarked on a spree of bank, safe and highway robberies. Masked Raiders follows the wild exploits of legendary brigands like the McKeone brothers and 'One-Armed Jack' McLaughlin, who ravaged the subcontinent, from the mining towns of Barberton, Kimberley and Johannesburg to the borders of Basotholand, Bechuanaland, Mozambique and Rhodesia. With tales of heists, safe-cracking, illegal gold dealings, prison breaks and hidden roadside treasure, the book reveals the potency of the highveld's 'criminal heroes', a force - until now - largely hidden from history. Startling new insights reveal how the hidden grammar of brigandage informed political actions of the day, such as the Jameson Raid, and how the movement of bandits across the interior helped shape the borders of what was to become modern South Africa. With inimitable storytelling flair, Charles van Onselen illuminates the intrigue and influence of a secretive, oath-bound brotherhood.

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Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN-13
9781770220805
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
Charles Van Onselen
Publication Name
Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880-1899
Format
Book
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Height
230mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
434g

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Charles Van Onselen
Country/Region of Manufacture
South Africa

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