A Sparrow Falls

From the trenches of France in the First World War, through the violence of the Johannesburg strikes of the 19205, the last chapter of Sean Courtney’s epic life takes him home to the serene splendours of the African wilderness.

The man who made and lost £5,000,000 on the goldfields of Witwatersrand, who fought his way through the blood and the battles of the Boer War, now makes his final appearance as soldier, statesman and power in the land.