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Elephant Walk (The Brigandshaw Chronicles Book 2)

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by Peter Rimmer


  Mr and Mrs Pringle — Albert's parents

  Tina Pringle — Albert's sister

  Edward, Walter, Billy and Maggie — Albert's other siblings

  The Oosthuizens

  Barend — Son of Tinus and Alison, and Harry's childhood friend

  Tinus — Barend's father (deceased) central character from Echoes from the Past

  Alison — Barend's mother

  Katinka (Tinka) — Barend's sister

  Other Principal Characters

  Jack Merryweather — Wealthy but bored friend of Robert and Harry

  Sallie Barker — Beautiful friend and business partner of Albert

  Lily White (Ramsbottom) — Jack Merryweather's one-time mistress and whorehouse madam

  Doris Barker (Mrs Barker) — Sallie's self-seeking, intractable mother

  Jared and Sara Wentworth — Friends of Robert, Harry and Jack

  Mervyn (Fishy) Braithwaite — Sara Wentworth's fiancé

  Ernest Gilchrist — Cousin to Mrs Barker and Sallie

  Fay Wheels — Jack's gypsy mistress

  Glossary

  Baas — A supervisor or employer, especially a white man in charge of coloured or black people

  Bittereinder — A faction of Boer guerrilla fighters resisting the forces of the British Empire in the later stages of the second Boer War

  Board School — An elementary school established by Britain in 1870

  Consols — A name given to certain British government bonds (gilts) first used in 1751 (originally short for consolidated annuities)

  Kopje — Afrikaans for a small hill in a generally flat area

  Loop — Afrikaans word for walk

  Potboiler — A creative piece of work written by a reporter for the sole purpose of making a living

  Rondavel — A westernised version of the African-style hut

  Shingle — A small signboard

  Veld — Afrikaans word for open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa

  Very Light — A flare fired into the air from a pistol for signalling or for temporary illumination

  About Peter Rimmer

  Peter Rimmer was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to school. After the Second World War, and aged eighteen, he joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of pilot officer before aged nineteen. At the end of his national service he sailed for Africa to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

  The years went by and found him in Johannesburg founding an insurance brokering company. Over two percent of the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were clients of Rimmer Associates. He opened companies in the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong and travelled extensively between the branches.

  Peter Rimmer now lives a reclusive life in his beloved Africa, writing his books.

  Also by Peter Rimmer

  "Cry of the Fish Eagle"

  "Vultures in the Wind"

  "Bend with the Wind"

  The Brigandshaw Chronicles:

  "Echoes from the Past" (Book 1)

  Connect with Peter Rimmer

  Website — http://www.peterrimmer.com

  Email — Be the first to know about Peter's new releases, awesome giveaways and news by signing up for his VIP mailing list! (books@peterrimmer.com)

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  Copyright

  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and events portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures and events, are the work of the author's imagination.

  Published by Kamba Publishing, United Kingdom

  Second Edition published July 2016

  Copyright © Peter Rimmer 2016

  Peter Rimmer asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

  Book Cover Design

  Cover Design by Hakim Julizar

  Thatched farmhouse photograph courtesy of J.H. MacKeown

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Kamba Publishing at books@peterrimmer.com.

 

 

 


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