Rayne Kruger

Charles Rayne Kruger (29 January 1922 – 21 December 2002) was a South African author and property developer.

Rayne Kruger
Born	Charles Rayne Kruger 29 January 1922 Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	21 December 2002(2002-12-21) (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

• 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

References

1. "Obituary: Rayne Kruger". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 January 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2019.