436pp., hardback, d.w., Pretoria, 2010
The third volume in a five-part work on early white settlement at the Cape.
The other titles in the series are:
Handelsryk in die Ooste: die wereld van die VOC, 1619-1688
Burgers & Amptenare: die vroeë ontwikkeling van die kolonie aan die Kaap, 1662-1679
Here & Boere: die kolonie aan die Kaap onder die Van der Stels, 1679-1712
South African novelist, historian, translator Karel Schoeman (1939-2017) wrote more than 19 novels as well as many historical and autobiographical works, including Die Dood van 'n Engelsman: die Cox-moorde van 1856 en die vroeë jare van die Oranje-Vrystaat, The Griqua Captaincy of Philippolis, 1826-1861 and Olive Schreiner: 'n lewe in Suid-Afrika, 1855-1881.