Aletta - Mitford, Bertram

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Résumé :
A fierce frontier saga rendered with quiet grandeur and moral clarity. A tale of courage, conquest, and consequence that still speaks to readers today. Aletta: A Tale Of The Boer Invasion returns to the shelf as a meticulously restored classic, offering a vivid window into Victorian South Africa and the Transvaal-Cape Colony setting. Through war and the long arc of colonial drama, Bertram Mitford threads personal loyalties and political fault lines, delivering a work that sits at the crossroads of historical fiction and war fiction. Its themes-imperial ambition, African frontier conflict, and the human costs of empire-resonate with readers who seek both narrative drive and historical texture. This edition honours a significant literary and historical artifact: a cornerstone in boer war classics that illuminates the era's complexities without shy retreat from moral ambiguity. For fans of readers of historical fiction and scholars alike, it reads as both a captivating novel and an academic study guide in narrative form. The work invites collectors of classic literature to re-engage with a pivotal moment in colonial history, and it rewards casual readers with a gripping, human-centred story. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure....

Biographie:
Bertram Mitford FRGS (13 June 1855-4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist, and cultural critic who published forty-four books, the majority of which were set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. He was a Mitford family member and the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811-1912). In 1895, he became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford, succeeding his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford. He died in 1912 at Mitford Hall in Northumberland. Bertram Mitford was born in Bath in 1855, educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex, traveled to southern Africa in 1874, lived in Cheltenham in 1881, married Zima Helen Gentle, daughter of Alfred Ebden, on March 9, 1886 in Brighton, had daughter Yseulte Helen on June 3, 1887 (died July 1969), son Roland Bertram on June 17, 1891 (died April 16, 1932), lived in London in 1891, and died of liver disease in 1914 in Cowfold, Sussex. He belonged to four London clubs: The Junior Athenaeum, Savage, the New Vagabond, and the Wigwam....

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