Contents
Chapter |
Chapter Title |
Page |
1 |
Young Paul |
1 |
2 |
On Trek |
10 |
3 |
The Young Farmer |
17 |
4 |
The Young Warrior |
29 |
5 |
The Young Mediator |
44 |
6 |
The Commandant-General |
58 |
7 |
Paul Kruger and President Burgers |
72 |
8 |
The Two Deputations to London |
85 |
9 |
The Fight for Independence |
95 |
10 |
The First Boer War |
108 |
11 |
Retrocession |
122 |
12 |
First Presidency |
134 |
13 |
Kruger and the Witwatersrand |
151 |
14 |
Intrigue |
164 |
15 |
The Third Presidency |
174 |
16 |
Kruger, Raiders and Reformers |
187 |
17 |
Kruger in the Prelude to War |
199 |
18 |
Kruger and Milner |
219 |
19 |
Kruger and the War |
232 |
20 |
Exile and Death |
250 |
|
Sources and Notes |
268 |
|
Select Bibliography |
282 |
|
Index |
287 |
Illustrations Between pp. 96 and 97
Paul Kruger, 1864 (Nat. Cult. Hist. Museum) 'On Trek' (Africana Library)
Gezina du Plessis (Nat. Cult. Hist. Museum) Andries Pretorius (Cape Archives)
Marthinus Pretorius (Cape Archives) President Burgers (Cape Archives)
General Joubert (Cape Archives)
Stephanus Schoeman (Africana Museum)
The Third Deputation (Nat. Cult. Hist. Museum) The Jameson Raid
Sir Bartle Frere (Cape Archives)
Sir Theophilus Shepstone (Cape Archives) Sir Hercules Robinson (Africana Museum) President and Mrs Kruger (Africana Museum)
Between pp. 192 and 193
Queen Wilhelmina's Accession (The Graphic, 17 Sept. 1898) President Steyn (Cape Archives) Dr W. J. Leyds (Africana Museum) Lord Alfred Milner (Cape Archives) Cecil Rhodes (Cape Archives)
Kruger's Dispute with Rhodes
Generals De Wet, De la Rey and Botha (J. Meintjes's Collection) President Kruger in 1899 (Africana Museum)
Last View of Africa (Nat. Cult. Hist. Museum)
Hotel Noailles, Marseilles (The Graphic, 1 Dec. 1900) President Kruger's 77th Birthday (Nat. Cult. Hist. Museum) President Kruger in Death (Nat. Cult. Hist. Museum)
The Monument (photo: John Brunda)