The ´Valiant Englishman´ Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book describes the career of an English aristocrat, Christopher Bethell, who arrives in southern Africa in 1878 as the classic remittance man, despatched to the colonies to avoid a scandal at home. Bethell’s demise is the trigger for firm British imperial intervention, the securing of the Road to the North and events that will determine the fate of Africans in south and central Africa. The book is a reminder that, in the author’s words, past relations between South Africa’s different races...