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The Housemaid’s Daughter

The Housemaid’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Barbara Mutch
  • Location(s): Cradock, South Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa and marry the fiance she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a harsh landscape, she finds solace in her diary and...

A Sin of Omission

A Sin of Omission
  • Author(s): Marguerite Poland
  • Location(s): The Eastern Cape
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 19th Century

In the Eastern Cape, Stephen (Malusi) Mzamane, a young Anglican priest, must journey to his mother’s rural home to inform her of his elder brother’s death. First educated at the Native College in Grahamstown, Stephen was sent to England...

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