The 'Valiant Englishman': Christopher Bethell, Montshiwa's Barolong and the Bechuanaland Wars, 1878-1886

by Andrew Manson

This book describes the career of an English aristocrat, Christopher Bethell, who arrives in southern Africa in 1878 as the classic "remittance" man, despatched to the colonies to avoid a scandal at home. Bethell, an intelligence officer and later, a border agent, is the protagonist who facilitated the acquisition of arms for Montshiwa's Ratshidi-Barolong to resist the depredations of freebooters, mercenaries based mostly in the Transvaal. In his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032434546
• ISBN13: 9781032434544
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"