They Seek a Country
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| Author | Francis Brett Young |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Publisher | Heinemann (London) |
Publication date | 1937 |
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They Seek a Country is a 1937 historical novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young.[1] It was a number of novels with South African settings by Young, who had served in the region during the First World War.
In the 1830s a young Englishman is sentenced to be transported to Australia for poaching. He manages to escape when the ship docks in South Africa, and befriends a local Boer family. He joins them in their plan to escape British rule and takes part in the Great Trek into the interior.
It was followed by a sequel The City of Gold published two years later.
References
- ^ Birch p.1095
Bibliography
- Birch, Dinah. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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