THE APRON FLAG

374pp., paperback, Terence Sorour, Pretoria, 2024

ISBN 9780796184863

Historical novel set against the backdrop of Johannesburg in the late 1800s and the events that culminated in the Anglo-Boer War. 

"Terence weaves a story of the events surrounding the ill-fated Jameson Raid of 1895-1896 around a guilt-ridden Johannesburger, Harold, his Boer neighbour, Gert, and a Botswana youth, Mokgethi. Historically accurate but unlike contemporary histories, this story adds insights into the motivations and actions of people on both sides of the conflict." Rob Milne, battlefield guide and author of Anecdotes of the Anglo-Boer War