A rainbow in the night : the tumultuous birth of South Africa /
Lapierre, Dominique.
A rainbow in the night : the tumultuous birth of South Africa / Dominique Lapierre ; translated from French by Kathryn Spink ; with research assistance from Xavier Moro. - 1st Da Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009. - ix, 288 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index.
Maps. South Africa ; The great trek to conquer South Africa -- In search of a new promised land -- The Prime Minister's bulldozers -- Helen and Chris : two lights in the darkness -- "God bless Africa" -- Appendixes. What they became ; This was apartheid ; A brief chronology ; All that is not given is lost.
"A Rainbow in the Night" is Lapierre's epic account of South Africa's tragic history and the heroic men and women--famous and obscure, white and black--who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation.
Translation of: Un arc-en-ciel dans la nuit.
9780306818479 (hardcover) : $26.00 0306818477 (hardcover)
2009024714
Apartheid--South Africa.
South Africa--History.
South Africa--Race relations.
DT1848 / .L3713 2009
968 LAP
A rainbow in the night : the tumultuous birth of South Africa / Dominique Lapierre ; translated from French by Kathryn Spink ; with research assistance from Xavier Moro. - 1st Da Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009. - ix, 288 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index.
Maps. South Africa ; The great trek to conquer South Africa -- In search of a new promised land -- The Prime Minister's bulldozers -- Helen and Chris : two lights in the darkness -- "God bless Africa" -- Appendixes. What they became ; This was apartheid ; A brief chronology ; All that is not given is lost.
"A Rainbow in the Night" is Lapierre's epic account of South Africa's tragic history and the heroic men and women--famous and obscure, white and black--who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation.
Translation of: Un arc-en-ciel dans la nuit.
9780306818479 (hardcover) : $26.00 0306818477 (hardcover)
2009024714
Apartheid--South Africa.
South Africa--History.
South Africa--Race relations.
DT1848 / .L3713 2009
968 LAP