The Claw - Cynthia Stockley - Bog

""The Claw"" is a thrilling novel by Cynthia Stockley that takes place in the early 1900s in the African wilderness. The story follows the journey of a young woman named Elizabeth who travels to South Africa to join her father, a diamond miner. However, upon her arrival, she discovers that her father has gone missing and sets out on a dangerous quest to find him.Elizabeth soon finds herself in the midst of a conflict between diamond miners and a powerful tribe led by a ruthless leader known as ""The Claw."" As she navigates through the treacherous terrain, Elizabeth must use her wits and strength to survive and uncover the truth about her father's disappearance.Along the way, Elizabeth meets a handsome and mysterious man named Captain David Reed, who helps her in her quest. Together, they face numerous obstacles and dangers, including wild animals, hostile tribes, and treacherous diamond mines.""The Claw"" is a gripping adventure novel that explores themes of love, betrayal, and the struggle for power in colonial Africa. Stockley's vivid descriptions of the African wilderness and its inhabitants bring the story to life, making it a must-read for anyone who loves action-packed historical fiction.1911. Cynthia Stockley (Lilian Julian Webb ), a popular British novelist in the 1920s, who wrote from personal knowledge about the strange and terrible charm of the Dark Continent. Her books were described as having breezy freshness, strong masculinity and almost reckless abandon in the literary texture and dramatic inventions. The Claw, Stockley's popular novel set in Rhodesia, begins: Hour after hour Zeederberg's post-cart and all that therein was straggled deviously across the landscape, bumping along the rutty road, creaking and cracking, swaggling from side to side behind the blocky hoofs of eight mules. At five o'clock in the afternoon the heat was intense, but the sun lay in the west at last, and tiny flecks of cloud in the turquoise sky were transforming themselves into torn strips of golden fleece. The bare bleak tops of Bechuanaland were softened by amethystine tints, and the gaunt bush took feathery outlines against the horizon.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.