Rags Of Glory Author:Stuart Cloete Spies, harlots, great ladies, common soldiers; the ragged, indomitable Dutch commandoes; the might of Britain's Imperial force; noble lords and generals, beautiful enemy women they bought, and who betrayed them; sword-and-sabre cavalry raids; bloody, hand-to-hand pitched battles, mass rape, treacher, executions, atrocities; the tender love story... more » of an English officer and the girl he rescued from white slavery..."All the brutality and violence of war, splendid, masterly, a triumph...the kind of book one would willingly sit down and read straight through again"
This was a really delightful book,I had a hard time putting it down,its a fast read.The Author makes you feel like your there on his farm and hes telling you the story!
This is a work of fiction based on the parallels between the United States and South Africa, growing as colonies, struggling through civil war and cultural differences.
An enjoyable recounting of the days on Jon Katz's hobby farm in Vermont. A bit slow but pleasant to get to know the animals in his life and their impact on him.