Bertram Mitford

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  • Bibliography:
    46 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2006
  • Latest Book:
    October 2017
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Book List in Order: 46 titles

  • The Sign of the Spider

    The Sign of the Spider is a classic British adventure novel, first published in 1896. Bertram Mitford takes the genre of imperialistic adventure stories and turns it on its head, creating an anti-hero as protagonist and weaving throughout the story a...

  • Renshaw Fanning's Quest: A Tale of the High Veldt

    "Just consider You would soon get to hate me. I should be the ruin of you." Thus the owner of the bright, sparkling face which was turned, half mockingly, half ruefully, upon that of her companion. Looking out killingly from under the broad-brimmed ...

  • The Weird of Deadly Hollow

    Years ago, it is said, "Moordenaar's Hoek" (Afrikaans for "Deadly" or "Murderer's Hollow") witnessed a horrible tragedy. Gert Van Niekerk, a Boer farmer, murdered his brother in cold blood during a terrible storm. Hanged for his crime, Van Niekerk...

  • The King's Assegai

    Set in the turbulent early 1800s before British colonisation in South Africa, The King's Assegai(1894) is a gripping narrative of a young Zulu warrior's passage through crisis. Together with an army of fellow Zulus, Untuswa flees the harsh rule of...

  • The White Shield

    Popular adventure novel, first published in 1895. According to Wikipedia: "Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty four books most of which are set in South Africa...

  • The Induna's Wife

    The third of Bertram Mitford's tetralogy of historical novels featuring the Zulu peoples, The Induna's Wife (1898) continues the thrilling saga of Untúswa and his sorceress wife, Lalusini. After having repeatedly saved the Matabele king, Umzilika...

  • Fordham's Feud.

    Title: Fordham's Feud.

    Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

    The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in al...

  • Tween Snow And Fire

    Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a ...

  • 'Tween Snow and Fire

    me here as I stand. Shoot again, Umlilwane--shoot again, if you dare. Hau Hear my word.' You have slain my dog--my white hunting dog, the last of his breed--who can outrun every other hunting dog in the land, even as the wind outstrippeth the crawli...



  • Forging the Blades

    A fantastic historical adventure novel set during the Zulu uprising of 1906, written by prolific colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic Bertram Mitford....

  • The Fire Trumpet

  • Fordham's Feud

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Heath Hover Mystery

    Excerpt from The Heath Hover Mystery

    The room was of medium size, partly panelled, and partly hung with dark red papering. It was low ceiled, and the bending beams between the strips of whitewash were almost black. This added to the gloominess of...

  • In the Whirl of the Rising

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

  • The Red Derelict

    Embark on a thrilling voyage into the past with Bertram Mitford's The Red Derelict, a classic adventure story brimming with the allure of the sea and the mysteries of historical fiction. This meticulously prepared edition invites readers to delve int...

  • Renshaw Fanning's Quest

    Maurice Sellon, an Englishman seeking fortune in South Africa, arrives lost and nearly dead of thirst at the remote farm of Renshaw Fanning. There he finds Fanning delirious and suffering from malaria, and as Sellon nurses him back to health, he hear...

  • The Ruby Sword

    The Ruby Sword: A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford transports readers to the heart of the British Raj in India. This meticulously prepared print edition revives a classic adventure set against the backdrop of colonial Baluchistan. Experience...

  • A Veldt Official

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

  • A Veldt Vendetta

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  • The White Hand and the Black

    The White Hand and the Black: A Story of the Natal Rising by Bertram Mitford plunges readers into the heart of the Zulu Rebellion of 1906 in South Africa. This historical fiction recounts the dramatic events of the Natal Rising, offering a gripping n...

  • Dorrien of Cranston

    General Dorrien sits at the breakfast table in the cheerful dining-room at Cranston Hall, with a frown upon his face and an open letter in his hand. He is a handsome man, with severe, regular features; a man of whom his dependents would certainly sta...

  • Golden Face

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • Harley Greenoak's Charge

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • Haviland's Chum

    "Hi Blacky Here-hold hard. D'you hear, Snowball?" The last peremptorily. He thus addressed, paused, turned, and eyed somewhat doubtfully, not without a tinge of apprehension, the group of boys who thus hailed him. "What's your name?" pursued the la...

  • John Ames, Native Commissioner

    Madula's kraal, in the Sikumbutana, was in a state of quite unusual excitement. The kraal, a large one, surrounded by an oval ring-fence of thorn, contained some seventy or eighty huts. Three or four smaller kraals were dotted around within a mile of...

  • A Secret of the Lebombo

    The sun flamed down from a cloudless sky upon the green and gold of the wide valley, hot and sensuous in the early afternoon. The joyous piping of sheeny spreeuws mingled with the crowing of cock koorhans concealed amid the grass, or noisily taking t...

  • The Sirdar's Oath

    “Yer -- Kroojer! Kroojer. Go’n get yer whiskers shyved.” “Ere, chaps. ’Ere’s old Kroojer!” And the section of the crowd among whom originated these remarks closed up around the object thereof. The latter, though clad in the frock-coat o...

  • A Veldt Official a Novel of Circumstance

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • Renshaw Fanning's Quest by Bertram Mitford

    19 Complete Works of Bertram MitfordA Frontier MysteryA Secret of the LebomboA Veldt OfficialA Veldt VendettaAlettaForging the BladesHarley Greenoak's ChargeHaviland's ChumIn the Whirl of the RisingJohn Ames, Native CommissionerRenshaw Fanning's Ques...



  • 'Tween Snow and Fire a Tale of the Last Kafir War

    Venture into the heart of 19th-century South Africa in Bertram Mitford's 'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War. This historical fiction adventure plunges readers into the tumultuous era of the frontier wars. Experience the conflict betwe...

  • The King's Assegai a Matabili Story

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • 'Tween Snow and Fire by Bertram Mitford

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  • Aletta

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    Excerpt:The delegate from Pretoria was in full blast.The long room was packed full--full of male Boers of all ages: that is to say, from those in earliest manhood to the white-bearded great-grandfathers of the community--Boers of every type, Boers ha...

  • Forging the Blades by Bertram Mitford

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  • A Frontier Mystery

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    The mystery has to do with the murderous rites of the 'Brotherhood of the Dew,' a superstitious sect of the Zulus on the borders of Natal, who had a horrible way of sacrificing human beings in order to bring rain at times of drought. This is ...

  • A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford

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  • Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford

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  • Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford

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  • In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford

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  • John Ames, Native Commissioner by Bertram Mitford

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  • The Luck Of Gerard Ridgeley

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    Experience the thrill of adventure and the heat of battle in Bertram Mitford's The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley, a gripping historical fiction set against the backdrop of South Africa and the Zulu nation. Journey into a world of courage and conflict as Ge...

  • The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford

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  • A Secret of the Lebomboby Bertram Mitford

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  • The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford

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  • The Triumph Of Hilary Blachland

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    Experience adventure and intrigue in The Triumph of Hilary Blachland, a captivating work of 19th-century historical fiction by Bertram Mitford. Set against the backdrop of colonial South Africa and the sprawling British Empire, this compelling tale e...

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Bertram Mitford has published 46 books.

Bertram Mitford does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The King's Assegai a Matabili Story, was published in October 2017.

The first book by Bertram Mitford, The Sign of the Spider, was published in June 2006.

No. Bertram Mitford does not write books in series.
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