Dingane · Boer perspective
Piet Retief: Lewensgeskiedenis van die Groot Voortrekker
Gustav Preller, 1906
Summary
Gustav Preller's biography of Piet Retief, the Voortrekker leader killed by Dingane in 1838, is one of the earliest major works of Afrikaans historical writing. Drawing on interviews with Trek survivors, it shaped the Afrikaner nationalist narrative of the Great Trek and remains an important — if partisan — source for the events surrounding the Retief massacre and the Battle of Blood River.
Topics
Voortrekkers, Great Trek, Piet Retief, Dingane, Natal, Afrikaans
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- Gustav Preller
- Year
- 1906
- Language(s)
- Afrikaans
- Period
- Dingane
- Perspective
- Boer perspective
- Access
- Full view