Challenges in a Colonial County

<p class=ql-align-justify><em>Challenges in a Colonial County </em>is the sequel to the historical novel <em>Liaisons - Life in a Colonial County. </em>As such <em>Challenges </em>begins in 1876 where <em>Liaisons</em> ended and contextualises authentic and fictitious developments up until 1889 in Alexandra County on the Natal South Coast.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Liaisons Challenges </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>is a critical fabulation in that it inserts credible experiences in the gaps and silences of the historical record. Those gaps and silences involve tragedy drama love predatory capitalism controversy involving indentured Indian labour reformist attempts to moderate social conventions racial prejudice obduracy of the colonial government towards infrastructure development and politics.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>To avoid any misunderstanding the interaction of the authentic characters with those around which the plot revolves is contrived. The following characters in the plot are fictitious: the Prescotts Harrisons Harringtons Pryces Gordon and Lily Snell Geoffrey and Stella Southam Sarika Singh Hugh Lawson Michael Cynthia Ruth and Margaret Moodie Peter Richardson Emma Johnson the Smiths; Lucy Luke Ginger; Stella Hassall Janki Mr Tatham Dulcie Lister Yvonne Clark Mr Butler Isabel and Alice Greenacre.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The following places are fictitious: Michaelhouse Sarika's stores Dewsbury Preston Crofton Glenmore Taunton Manor the Cutty Sark and the Wiltshire.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p>