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)