Beneath African Skies

On a cold, wet and windy day in London on12th February 1820, John and Elizabeth Hudson boarded The Zoroaster, a small sailing vessel, which would take fourteen weeks to reach Simon's Town in South Africa. Just married and only 20 years old, they had been lured by a free passage and a hundred acres of prime agricultural land in the Zuurveld. In fact, on this barren and inhospitable land, the 1820 Settlers would act as a human buffer between the warring black tribes in the East and the...
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On a cold, wet and windy day in London on12th February 1820, John and Elizabeth Hudson boarded The Zoroaster, a small sailing vessel, which would take fourteen weeks to reach Simon's Town in South Africa. Just married and only 20 years old, they had been lured by a free passage and a hundred acres of prime agricultural land in the Zuurveld. In fact, on this barren and inhospitable land, the 1820 Settlers would act as a human buffer between the warring black tribes in the East and the European colony on the western perimeter.A hundred years later, their descendants, George and Molly Hudson face more hardships when, as children, they witness the horror of a tribal castration and survive hyena, crocodile and cobra attacks. Typhoid fever, murder, crater plunges and gold rush mania will challenge their young lives. Torn apart, George faces the perils of war as an RAF fighter pilot and Molly finds herself a pregnant and lonely bride in war-torn Britain. Will their love survive the desperate hardships that they must face?