Michael
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I was all set to buy your book via Google, but they are telling me it's available on July 7th, presale for 19,93 € (somehow "reduced" price, regular 28,47 €). Sorry, that's too much & too late. Why is Amazon.de...
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Dirk Bruere commented on
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Turned out that the Boers and Zulu were the mirror image of each other when it comes to tenacity and ruthlessness. Alternately allies and enemies....
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Elderly Cynic commented on
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Very true, except as far as wholesale slaughter was concerned. The Boers were certainly no angels, but were an awful lot better than their detractors painted (and still do paint) them....
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J Thomas commented on
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It wasn't you that referred to murdering people by the trainload. But it was THAT which I was denying, and not the ill-treatment. Somehow this reminds me of a south Italian joke. Back in the WWII era, southern italy was much poorer than northern italy, so the northern italians made jokes about it. Like, Mussolini sent a telegram to south italy saying "TIGHTEN BELTS" and got a reply "SEND BELTS". He sent one saying "HATE JEWS" and got a reply "SEND JEWS". That kind of thing. Or a welsh joke. "You had a shoebox to live in? We would have...
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Dirk Bruere commented on
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Shaka's bodycount was in the millions...
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Cloudster commented on
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Thanks for the suggestion, I never heard back from them but St. George's (it's in a very nice neighborhood) replied immediately. It was a bit dicey with the Calais strikes and a postal strike, but I was able to pick it up on Monday. We left Berlin Tuesday AM and I finished it yesterday shortly after crossing the Arizona/New Mexico border on our way home. Quite enjoyed it, excellent ending....
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