Chris Ash grew up in the Shetland Isles and studied at Aberdeen University. After a brief and undistinguished dalliance with the British Army (Lovat Scouts and Gordon Highlanders), he drove his Land Rover to South Africa and decided to stay. Since then, he has worked in oil and mineral exploration all over Africa and the Middle East. His interest in South African history was sparked by watching Zulu and Breaker Morant as a child, ameliorated by countless drunken arguments over the years. He is a regular speaker on the remarkable life of Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the subject of his first book, The If Man. Away from work and history, Ash enjoys cricket, rugby, upsetting the politically-correct, J&B and messing about in Landies. He is married to the long-suffering Stefanie and commutes between Johannesburg and Abidjan.
The book is much more than a biography - there is extensive history
of southern Africa to be gleaned here... In all, Jameson's life was
so extraordinary it could read like a Wilbur Smith novel, which is
no bad thing. It may be hard to view Jameson as a hero in these
politically correct times, but Chris has done a great job in making
his work an entertaining read and I heartily recommend it.
*Geoffrey Hay*
Dr Jameson was a very remarkable man - an unashamed creator and
risk-taker who understood the true meaning of loyalty - and in
Chris Ash he has found his ideal biographer.
*Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of The History of the
English-speaking Peoples and The Storm of War*
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