Gelert’s Book Of Buxton – Unknown

Earl Buxton’s General Botha is a firsthand, deeply informed portrait of Louis Botha during the turbulent years of the First World War, written by the man who served alongside him as Governor‑General of the Union of South Africa. Rather than a full biography, Buxton offers an intimate account of the leader he personally knew from 1914 to Botha’s death in 1919 — a period marked by rebellion within the Union, the campaigns in German South West Africa, and the immense political pressures of wartime governance. Through Buxton’s close proximity, the book reveals Botha as a soldier‑statesman navigating crisis with steadiness, pragmatism, and humanity, providing readers with a vivid, insider’s view of one of South Africa’s pivotal figures.