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.