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The Dissolute Cape Town Beer Brewer, Willem Menssink, Whose Fatal Passion For A Young Slave Woman Brought About His Downfall; Carel Buijtendag, The Beast Of The Bokkeveld; And Estienne Barbier, The Quixotic Champion Of The Oppressed And Leader Of A Rebellion Against The Voc Government: These, As Well As An Assortment Of Runaway Slaves And Company Deserters, Are Some Of The Lesser-known Characters From The Eighteenth-century Dutch Cape Whom The Historian Nigel Penn Has Brought To Life In A Series Of Hugely Enjoyable And Historically Revealing Stories. The Fatal Passion Of Brewer Menssink: Sex, Beer And Politics In A Cape Family, 1694 -- 1722. Fugitives On The Cape Frontier, C. 1680 -- 1770. Estienne Barbier: An Eighteenth-century Cape Social Bandit. The Beast Of The Bokkeveld: The Banishing Of Carel Buijtendag, 1770 -- 1780. Droster Gangs Of The Bokkeveld And Roggeveld, 1770 -- 1800. Nigel Penn. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 167-192) And Index.