Madame Amero Constant - Jan le Boër - 1900

Charming illustrated edition of this novel set in the troubled historical context of southern Africa at the end of the 19th century, and more particularly in that of the Boer War -

The work follows the fate of Jan, a young Boer deeply attached to his land, to his community and to the ideal of independence of his people in the face of the expansion of British power in South Africa -

Through his personal journey, the novel unfolds a patriotic, familial and moral panorama where courage, loyalty, suffering and resistance mingle. Jan appears as an emblematic figure of the peasant-soldier, rooted in a stern rural culture, nourished by religious faith, by communal traditions and a strong sense of collective identity -

When the conflict breaks out, he is confronted with the violence of war, with the separation from his loved ones and with the progressive destruction of the world to which he belongs. The narrative follows his military commitments, his physical and psychological trials, but also the human dilemmas provoked by the war -

Madame Amero Constant - Jan le Boër - SD (circa 1900) - Lecene, Oudin et Cie -
318 pages

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full polychrome publisher's hard cover, slight wear, some minor defects on the cover, gilt edges, smooth spine ornamented, gilded title and author's name, superb color engraving on the first cover –

Good interior condition, slight bump of a gathering, work enriched with numerous and beautiful engravings inside and outside the text including a frontispiece, fly leaves in good condition, a fine copy –

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