tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post4526639746884469425..comments2024-01-01T18:42:01.363-08:00Comments on International Christian Fiction Writers: THE BATTLE OF BLOOD RIVERLisa Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-69592533358530615842013-05-09T22:55:03.546-07:002013-05-09T22:55:03.546-07:00Great idea Wendy. Marion? This sounds up your stre...Great idea Wendy. Marion? This sounds up your street? OR Lisa?Shirley Corderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429641202607657089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-24746166686768738952009-12-19T13:53:25.936-08:002009-12-19T13:53:25.936-08:00Shirl, thanks for sharing an interesting part of y...Shirl, thanks for sharing an interesting part of your homeland's history. I'd love to read stories set during this historical period :-)Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-56032011463742414532009-12-18T15:06:37.810-08:002009-12-18T15:06:37.810-08:00Surely there's a story waiting to be told of a...Surely there's a story waiting to be told of a Boer woman who lost her husband in this conflict and struggled to continue on with her young children. Perhaps she somehow befriended an orphan from the Zulu and struggled to sort out her feelings about the whole affair.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882558757262419263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-47107438550624473622009-12-16T15:20:24.337-08:002009-12-16T15:20:24.337-08:00Thanks Shirl - it's been many, many years sinc...Thanks Shirl - it's been many, many years since I learnt this story in primary school history. Most enlightening to be reminded of why we celebrate the day and such interesting facts surrounding this amazing story.<br /><br />Piet Retief married a widow and adopted three sons and two daughters. Perhaps there's a love story waiting to be penned about a voortrekker soldier on a twofold mission - to avenge Retief's death and win his daughter's love.Marion Ueckermanhttp://www.inkslinger.co.ccnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-65432673400456030902009-12-16T08:59:53.853-08:002009-12-16T08:59:53.853-08:00Every year since being in Pretoria, I have promise...Every year since being in Pretoria, I have promised to visit the Monument and have never stopped there, which is sad. Perhaps this holiday is the time to make the effort. Thanks Shirley for the concise history, and now I know why you needed the picture! ShannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-40028742041406167752009-12-16T07:45:16.113-08:002009-12-16T07:45:16.113-08:00Thanks for the history lesson. All of us who live...Thanks for the history lesson. All of us who live in "the colonies" contend with the mix of aboriginal vs settler history.Alice Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218095053108888830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-84125967079552007272009-12-16T05:55:17.361-08:002009-12-16T05:55:17.361-08:00Thank you, Shirley. I've read the account of t...Thank you, Shirley. I've read the account of the Blood River fight in "The Washing of the Spears" by Donald R. Morris and a couple of other places, but yours is the most complete that I've seen.<br /><br />As it happens, one of the worlds in my Imperial Erin cycle is Bantu which was settled by South Africans (I'm careful to keep my English-Zulu-Afrikaans trilingual dictionary at hand).Walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654686444541690940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-38410820050412381072009-12-16T05:53:42.221-08:002009-12-16T05:53:42.221-08:00Thanks for that taste of history, Shirley! How int...Thanks for that taste of history, Shirley! How interesting. And thanks for the reminder that there are two sides to all these horrendous conflicts in the world.Valerie Comerhttp://valeriecomer.comnoreply@blogger.com