Winston Churchill

CONTENTS DEDICATION INTRODUCTORY NOTE MAPS AND PLANS CHAPTER I. STEAMING SOUTH R. M. S. 'Dunottar Castle, ' October 26 and October 29, 1899 CHAPTER II. THE STATE OF THE GAME Capetown; November 1, 1899 CHAPTER III. ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER East London: November 5, 1899 CHAPTER IV. IN NATAL Estcourt: November 6, 1899 CHAPTER V. A CRUISE IN THE ARMOURED TRAIN Estcourt: November 9, 1899 CHAPTER VI. DISTANT GUNS Estcourt: November 10, 1899 CHAPTER VII. THE FATE OF THE ARMOURED TRAIN Pretoria: November 20, 1899 CHAPTER VIII. PRISONERS OF WAR Pretoria: November 24, 1899 CHAPTER IX. THROUGH THE DUTCH CAMPS Pretoria: November 30, 1899 CHAPTER X. IN AFRIKANDER BONDS Pretoria: December 3, 1899 CHAPTER XI. I ESCAPE FROM THE BOERS Louren o Marques: December 22, 1899 CHAPTER XII. BACK TO THE BRITISH LINES Frere: December 24, 1899 CHAPTER XIII. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR Frere: January 4, 1900 CHAPTER XIV. A MILITARY DEMONSTRATION AND SOME GOOD NEWS Chieveley: January 8, 1900 CHAPTER XV. THE DASH FOR POTGIETER'S FERRY Spearman's Hill: January 13, 1900 CHAPTER XVI. TRICHARDT'S DRIFT AND THE AFFAIR OF ACTON HOMES Venter's Spruit: January 22, 1900 CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP Venter's Spruit: January 25, 1900 CHAPTER XVIII. THROUGH THE FIVE DAYS' ACTION Venter's Spruit: January 25, 1900 CHAPTER XIX. A FRESH-EFFORT AND AN ARMY CHAPLAIN Spearman's Hill: February 4, 1900 CHAPTER XX. THE COMBAT OF VAAL KRANTZ General Buller's Headquarters: February 9, 1900 CHAPTER XXI. HUSSAR HILL General Buller's Headquarters: February 15, 1900 CHAPTER XXII. THE ENGAGEMENT OF MONTE CRISTO Cingolo Neck: February 19, 1900 CHAPTER XXIII. THE PASSAGE OF THE TUGELA Hospital-ship 'Maine': March 4, 1900 CHAPTER XXIV. THE BATTLE OF PIETERS: THE THIRD DAY Hospital-ship 'Maine': March 5, 1900 CHAPTER XXV. UPON MAJUBA DAY Commandant's Office, Durban: March 6, 1900 CHAPTER XXVI. THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH Commandant's Office, Durban: March 9, 1900 CHAPTER XXVII. AFTER THE SIEGE Durban: March 10, 1900

Churchill captures Edward and Hannah's marriage while also revealing the courting of Janet and Lise. Complications grow as Janet finds love with the agent of the mill, Mr. Ditmar, but later joins the strike. After sympathizing with the strikers, Janet is pushed to the limit in her relationship with Mr. Ditmar and later comes to self-realization.

The first volume concerns Richard Carvel's boyhood and schooldays. Orphaned at an early age, Richard is raised by his grandfather, Lionel Carvel of Carvel Hall, a wealthy loyalist respected by all sections of the community. Richard describes their way of life, his growing love for his neighbor, Dorothy Manners, and the hostility of his uncle, Grafton Carvel. Richard witnesses a demonstration against a tax collector in Annapolis as a result of the Stamp Act 1765 and grieves his grandfather by his adoption of revolutionary political views.