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The sunburnt queen : a true story / Hazel Crampton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crampton, Hazel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Castaways--South Africa--Eastern Cape--History.
- Castaways.
- History.
- Eastern Cape (South Africa)--History.
- Eastern Cape (South Africa).
- South Africa--Eastern Cape.
- Physical Description:
- 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; San Francisco : Saqi, 2006.
- Summary:
- "The Sunburnt Queen is an extraordinary narrative. The writing's fresh immediacy brings history to life."-The Sunday Independent (South Africa) B In the late 1730s, the local inhabitants of South Africa found a seven-year-old girl called Bessie, washed ashore on the beach of the Wild Coast. Bessie was brought up by them, growing into a young woman of legendary beauty and wisdom, and marrying one of the most important tribal chiefs in the area. B Using oral histories and written accounts by early missionaries, Hazel Crampton traces the extraordinary story of Bessie and the turbulent history of the Eastern Cape. B Hazel Crampton is an artist. She lives in Cape Town and has just started her second book.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Johannesburg: Jacana, 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [368]-387) and index.
- ISBN:
- 086356545X
- 9780863565458
- OCLC:
- 64555517
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