Charles Rayne Kruger (29 January 1922 – 21 December 2002) was a South African author and property developer.
Rayne Kruger | |
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| Born | Charles Rayne Kruger 29 January 1922 Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Died | 21 December 2002 (aged 80) |
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Occupation(s) | Author and property developer |
| Spouse(s) | Nan Munro Prue Leith |
| Children | 2, including Danny Kruger |
Charles Rayne Kruger was born on 29 January 1922 in Queenstown, in the eastern Cape Province, the son of an unmarried 17-year-old daughter of a British Army officer.[1] As his father had disappeared, his mother married Victor Kruger, a Johannesburg estate agent.[1] He was educated at Jeppe High School and the University of the Witwatersrand.[1]
Kruger's first wife was the actress Nan Munro, a widow, 16 years older than him, with three children.[1] They later divorced, and he married the restaurateur, chef and television presenter Prue Leith.[1] They had a son, the Conservative MP Danny Kruger, and adopted a Cambodian daughter, Li-Da.[1]
Publications edit
- 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 (Non fiction), London: Cassell, 1964
- All Under Heaven: A Complete History of China. (Non fiction), Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2003