Then he retraced his steps to Langton Manor and took afternoon tea with the Reverend Hilary Bains.
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Glossary
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Bemba – a Zambian tribe of people
CAA – Civil Aviation Authority
FOB – ‘Free On Board’ is a term in international commercial law
Kak – Afrikaans word for ‘shit’
Makori – African dugout canoe
NGO – non-governmental organization
NCO – non-commissioned officer
Pax – slang for passengers in the airline industry
Smous – a Jewish pedlar who traded in outlying and remote country districts in South Africa
Sudza – traditional African maize porridge
Principal Characters
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The Langtons
Adelaide – Wife of Ethelred
Anna – Randolph’s wife
Aunty Eve – Adelaide’s aunt on her mother’s side
Byron – Son of Red and Adelaide, Josephine’s twin brother
Clifford (Uncle Cliff) – Adelaide’s brother
Ethelred (Red) – Squire of Langton Manor and group captain
Harold Langton – Granda and father to Ethelred
Josephine (Jo) – Daughter of Red and Adelaide, and twin sister to Byron
Lady Fiona Renwick – Byron’s wife
Randolph – Eldest son of Red and Adelaide
William (Will) – Son of Red and Adelaide and central character of Just the Memory of Love
The Bains
Hilary Bains – Son of Norman and adopted by Red and Adelaide
Malcolm and Penny – Hilary and Mary’s children
Mary Bains – Hilary’s wife
Norman Bains – Red’s tail gunner in the war and Hilary’s father
Other Principal Characters
Beatrice Kendle – An English socialite
Betty Gulliver – Horst’s wife
Danika – Late wife of Hannes Potgieter
Gloria Kendle – Beatrice Kendle’s mother
Heathcliff Mortimer – Newspaper reporter who works for Byron
Horst Kannberg – A Russian aristocratic
Hymie Goldblatt – A Jewish trader in Barotseland
Jack Pike – Johnny Pike’s father
Johannes (Hannes) Potgieter – Afrikaner hunter and trader in Zambia
Johnny Pike – Byron Langton’s shady business partner
Kevin Smith – Australian publisher
Lawrence (Laurie) Hall – Airport manager at Mongu
Lindsay Healy – Assistant and mistress to Kevin Smith
Madge O’Shea – Byron’s secretary
Mahel Smith – Kevin Smith’s wife
Melvin Raath – A well-known American reporter
Mike Barrow – Member of the Horse Scouts
Paul Mwansa – One time boyfriend of Josephine and political activist
Shelley Lane – Beautiful and troubled singer who is in love with Byron Langton
The old chief – a local man, chief of his own tribal land, and junior to the Paramount Chief Mwene Kandala III
Virginia Stepping and Fanny Try – girlfriends of Byron Langton
Place Names
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Barotseland – is the region between Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola, and is the homeland of the Lozi people or Barotse
Kasungula (Kazungula) – a small border town in the Southern Province of Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River and about seventy kilometres west of Livingstone
Langton Matravers – a village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset, southern England
Mongu – the capital of the Western Province of Zambia and formerly-named province, Barotseland
South West Africa – modern-day Namibia, formerly ruled by South Africa
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About Peter Rimmer
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Peter Rimmer was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to school. After the Second World War, and aged eighteen, he joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Pilot Officer before he was nineteen. At the end of his National Service, he sailed for Africa to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
The years went by and Peter found himself in Johannesburg where he established an insurance brokering company. Over 2% of the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were clients of Rimmer Associates. He opened branches in the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong and travelled extensively between them.
Having lived a reclusive life on his beloved smallholding in Knysna, South Africa, for over 25 years, Peter passed away in July 2018. He has left an enormous legacy of unpublished work for his family to release over the coming years, and not only them but also his readers from around the world will sorely miss him. Peter Rimmer was 81 years old.
Also by Peter Rimmer
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Cry of the Fish Eagle
Vultures in the Wind
Bend with the Wind
Just the Memory of Love
Second Beach (Novella)
The African Trilogy Box Set (3 Standalones - Cry of the Fish Eagle, Vultures in the Wind, Just the Memory of Love)
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THE BRIGANDSHAW CHRONICLES
Echoes from the Past (Book 1)
Elephant Walk (Book 2)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Book 3)
To the Manor Born (Book 4)
On the Brink of Tears (Book 5)
Treason If You Lose (Book 6)
Horns of Dilemma (Book 7)
The Brigandshaw Chronicles Box Set (Books 1-3)
The Brigandshaw Chronicles Box Set (Books 4-6)
Acknowledgments
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With grateful thanks to our VIP First Readers for reading Just the Memory of Love prior to it’s official launch date. They have been fabulous in picking up errors and typos helping us to ensure that your own reading experience of Just the Memory of Love has been the best possible. Their time and commitment is particularly appreciated.
Alan McConnochie (South Africa)
Felicity Barker (South Africa)
Marcellé Archer (South Africa)
Thank you
Kamba Publishing
JUST THE MEMORY OF LOVE
Copyright © Peter Rimmer 2017
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. Name
s, characters, long-standing establishments, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
First published in Great Britain in September 2017 by
KAMBA PUBLISHING, United Kingdom
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