Swallow

A Tale of the Great Trek

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9781775458906
• Edition: 0

Raised in near-isolation in South Africa, a young Dutch girl named Swallow spends her days gazing upon the sea and dreaming of a happier life filled with friends, family and love. Soon, her daydreams begin to become reality in ways she could never have imagined possible. Ranking among H. Rider Haggard's best novels, Swallow deftly combines romance, historical detail, and adventure.

Table of contents

• SWALLOW
• Contents
• Chapter I - Why Vrouw Botmar Tells Her Tale
• Chapter II - How Suzanne Found Ralph Kenzie
• Chapter III - The Story of the Shipwreck
• Chapter IV - The Shadow of the Englishmen
• Chapter V - A Love Scene and a Quarrel
• Chapter VI - The Coming of the Englishmen
• Chapter VII - The Sin of Vrouw Botmar
• Chapter VIII - The Wisdom of Suzanne
• Chapter IX - How Suzanne Saved Sihamba
• Chapter X - The Oath of Sihamba
• Chapter XI - A Fight and a Shot
• Chapter XII - What the Cow Showed Zinti
• Chapter XIII - The Schimmel's First Race
• Chapter XIV - The Wedding
• Chapter XV - Ralph Returns into the Sea
• Chapter XVI - How Ralph Came Back to the Stead
• Chapter XVII - The Hidden Krantz
• Chapter XVIII - What Passed in the Hut
• Chapter XIX - How the Schimmel Crossed the Red Water
• Chapter XX - The Omen of the White Swallow
• Chapter XXI - The Vision of Ralph and Suzanne
• Chapter XXII - The War of the Clean Spear
• Chapter XXIII - How Suzanne Became a Chieftainess
• Chapter XXIV - The Madness of Ralph Kenzie
• Chapter XXV - The Great Trek
• Chapter XXVI - How Gaasha Brought Good Luck
• Chapter XXVII - Swart Piet Sets a Snare
• Chapter XXVIII - The Coming of the Impi
• Chapter XXIX - Thirst
• Chapter XXX - Sihamba Prevails
• Chapter XXXI - Sihamba's Farewell
• Chapter XXXII - The Pass of the Quathlamba
• Chapter XXXIII - Ralph Finds the Dream Mountain
• Chapter XXXIV - The Avenger of Blood
• Chapter XXXV - The Schimmel's Last Race
• Note by the Baroness Glenthirsk
• Endnotes