Hill of Doves, The(J4558)

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Journal Entry 1 by MRJIGGS from St. Louis, Missouri USA on Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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637pp including index
published, 1941

Majuba (1968) - based on the novel "Hill of Doves"
That's made by a South African production company and is set during the Boer war.

Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete, (July 23, 1897-March 19, 1976) was a South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer.

Cloete was born in Paris, France to a French mother and South African father. He lived most of his adult life in the town of Hermanus, in the Western Cape. He published his first novel, Turning Wheels, in 1937: it became a best-seller, selling more than two million copies. Importation of the book was subsequently banned in South Africa, owing to its commentary on the Great Trek, the event in which the book is set.

Many of his 14 novels and most of his short stories are historically based fictional adventures, set against the backdrop of major African, and, in particular, South African historical events. Apart from Turning Wheels, another prominent novel, 1963's Rags of Glory, is set during the Anglo-Boer war (with, according to its foreword, much of the historical information based on Rayne Kruger's Goodbye Dolly Gray.) Two of his novels were turned into movies: The Fiercest Heart (1961) is based on his (1955) novel of the same name, and Majuba, released in 1968, is based on his 1941 novel The Hill of the Doves.

His short stories are also much-acclaimed. He published at least eight volumes [his biography says eight, but I have more! asb. help here] in his lifetime.

Other written genres to which he contributed included poetry (collected in a volume published in 1941, The Young Men and the Old) and biography (African Portraits, 1946).

He published the first part of his autobiography, A Victorian Son, in 1972 and the second, The Gambler, in 1973. Stuart Cloete died on March 19, 1976, in Cape Town, South Africa.

Journal Entry 2 by MRJIGGS at on Saturday, February 3, 2007

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Journal Entry 3 by Margih from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Received this wonderful book today. It´s old and when I´m holding it in my hands I can only imagine this book´s history.. Thanks you so much MRJIGGS and my warmest wishes to you!

Released 7 yrs ago (11/22/2016 UTC) at Terveyskeskus / Health center in Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa / Mellersta Österbotten Finland

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This book is waiting for the next reader at the health center´s waiting room. Happy bookcrossing!

Journal Entry 5 by minavain at Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa / Mellersta Österbotten Finland on Thursday, February 16, 2017
Bongasin kirjan Kokkolan terveyskeskuksen odotusaulasta, en ottanut mukaan vaan jätin odottamaan seuraavaa lukijaa.

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