Offerland

Groot Trek Tetralogie #2

by F.A. Venter

Dit is Januarie 1837. Rudolf Dreyer en sy gesin staan voor die Blesberg saam met honderde ander Trekkers. Hulle is gretig om verder te trek, maar daar is verdeeldheid oor waarheen: Port Natal of noorde se kant toe? Hendrik Potgieter, Gert Maritz en Pieter Retief is die leiers wat moet besluit. Pieter Retief kom met die idee om sommer oor die Drakensberg te trek. “Holderstebolder” is al die waens oor die berg, maar wat anderkant wag, is die Bloukransmoord en Dingaan se moordkoppie …

Genres: Historical Fiction

351 pages

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

François Alwyn Venter was born in Hopetown on 27 November 1916. He attended school at Vioolskraal, Strydenburg and Hopetown, and matriculated in 1934. He studied at Stellenbosch University and commenced a career as journalist in 1938, working in Cape Town, Pretoria, Windhoek and Johannesburg. In 1960 he began farming in the Kenhardt district, and ten years later started farming near Vredendal in the Olifants River Valley. In 1976 he retired to Strand, where he began to write full-time.

F.A. Venter was known for his historical novels, short stories and books for young adults. He received the Hertzog Prize for prose in 1961 for his novels Swart pelgrim and Geknelde land. Geknelde land formed part of his Great Trek tetralogy which appeared in the 1960s and also included Offerland, Gelofteland and Bedoelde land. His last book, Van Botterkraal na Altena, appeared in 1996 in celebration of his 80th birthday. It contained a selection from his four autobiographical works, one of which, Die keer toe ek my naam vergeet het, won him the Andrew Murray Prize in 1996. This book is about his recovery after suffering a stroke in 1990. F.A. Venter died on 8 July 1997 at the age of 80.

Reviews

[Wilhelm van der Merwe]

A wonderful perspective and great read.

[Brendon McCarthy]

Beter as die vorige boek.

[Nelda Liebenberg]

Enjoyed it a lot. Good mix of a story with actual historical facts.

[Cecilia]

Net soos met Geknelde land het ek hierdie boek geniet en met ander oë gelees.