The Sunburnt Queen (A True Story)
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The Sunburnt Queen (A True Story)
| Author: | Hazel Crampton |
| Category: | Real Stories Translated [Edit] |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر |
| ISBN: | 86356545 |
| Release Date: | 01 May 2006 |
| Pages: | 379 |
| Rank: | 488,625 No 1 most popular |
| Short link: | Copy |
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In the late 1730s an unknown East Indiaman smashed to pieces on the reefs pf Lambasi Bay on South Africa's Wild Coast. Next morning the local inhabitants stumbled upon Bessie, a seven- year old English girl huddled beside a rock on the beach.
She was not the first to be shipwrecked on these treacherous shores. Many before her had starved to death, or been killed or cannibalised;some walked hundreds of miles to trading posts. But these locals chose to take Bessie home and bring her up as one of their own. She grew to be a woman of legendary beauty and wisdom, eventually becoming the Great Wife of a prince. So began the enduring legacy of a dynasty that extends to many of today's Xhosa families.
Using the oral histories of the tribes, and written accounts by early missionaries and traders who met Bessie's grandchildren, Hazel Crampton traces the story of Bessie and her descendants throughout the turbulent history of the Eastern Cape until the present day.
'The Sunburnt Queen is an extraordinary narrative...the writing's fresh immediacy brings history to life.' Sunday Independent, South Africa
Hazel Crampton is an artist. She lives in Cape Town, where she is working on her second book.
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