Charles Rayne Kruger (29 January 1922 – 21 December 2002) was a South African author and property developer.
Charles Rayne Kruger was born on 29 January 1922 in
Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape, the son of an unmarried 17-year-old daughter of a British Army officer.
As his father had disappeared, his mother married Victor Kruger, a Johannesburg estate agent.
He was educated at
Jeppe High School and the
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( o ...
.
Kruger's first wife was the actress Nan Munro, a widow, 16 years older than him, with three children.
They later divorced, and he married the restaurateur, chef and television presenter
Prue Leith
Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, (born 18 February 1940) is a South African restaurateur, chef, caterer, television presenter/broadcaster, journalist, cookery writer and novelist. She is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She wa ...
.
They had a son, the Conservative MP
Danny Kruger
Daniel Rayne Kruger (born 23 October 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes in Wiltshire since 2019.
The son of writer and property developer Rayne Kruger and restaurateur and t ...
, and adopted a Cambodian daughter, Li-Da.
Publications
*''Tanker'' (Novel), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1952
*''The Spectacle'' (Crime story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1953
*''Young Villain With Wings'' (Crime story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1953
*''My Name Is Celia'' (Novel), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1954
*''The Even Keel'' (Crime story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1955
*''Ferguson'' (Crime Story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1956
*''Goodbye Dolly Gray: The Story of the Boer War.'' (Non fiction), London:
Cassell, 1959
*''
The Devil's Discus
''The Devil's Discus'' is an investigation into the death of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Siam (later Thailand) by English-South African author Rayne Kruger.
Book summary
The book comprises four main sections which are each further divided ...
'' (Non fiction), London:
Cassell, 1964
*''All Under Heaven: A Complete History of China.'' (Non fiction), Hoboken, New Jersey:
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (), is an American multinational publishing company founded in 1807 that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials. The company produces books, journals, and encyclopedias, in p ...
, 2003
References
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1922 births
2002 deaths
South African writers
University of the Witwatersrand alumni
People from the Eastern Cape
Kruger family