![]() ![]() Covering the extraordinarily eventful four decades leading up to the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, it covers some of the most iconic tales of imperial history. Martin Meredith's follow-up to his magisterial The State of Africais an equally epic new history of the making of South Africa. ![]() What became a country called South Africa was, until 1910, a vast and untamed land where great fortunes could be made (and lost) where great battles were fought (and lost) and where great men had their reputations forged, or dashed, or sometimes both. The prize was great - not just land, but the riches it held, in the form of diamonds and gold. ![]() ![]()
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