In a small South African town on the eve of the Boer War, a disgraced English surgeon has sunk into drinking cheap Cape brandy, known locally as dop, and treats whoever will have him. When the Boers lay siege to the place, the outcast doctor and the townspeople he serves are tested by shellfire, hunger and disease.
A long, melodramatic Edwardian war novel by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan, for readers who like their history with romance. Download the free EPUB.