The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream - Hardcover

Lamb, Christina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060735872 ISBN 13: 9780060735876

Verlag: HarperCollins, 2004

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In the ideas of the British Empire, Stewart Gore Browne built himself a feudal paradise in northern Rhodesia, a sprawling country estate modeled on the finest homes in England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades, rose gardens and lavish dinners finished off with vintage port in the library. He wanted to share it with the love of his life, the beautiful, unconventional Ethel Locke King, one of the first women to drive and to fly. She, however, was nearly twenty years his senior, married and his aunt. Lorna, the only other woman he had ever really cared for, had married another. Then he met Lorna's oraphaned daughter, so like her mother that he thought he had seen a ghost. It seemed he had at last found love - but the Africa House was his dream, and it would be a hard one to share. Christina Lamb's updated account of this fascinating and complicated man - a colonialist who beat his servants yet supported independence, a stiff Englishman with deep passions - is a masterpiece of biography and storytelling. Set against the backdrop of sweeping change across Africa, this is a tale of fantasies made real, tragedy endured and lifelong love; 352 pages; Description: 352 p. , [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; cm. Subjects: Gore-Browne, Stewart, Sir, 1883-1967. Colonial administrators --Zambia --Biography. Zambia --History --1953-1964

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A biography by the author of The Sewing Circles of Herat traces the establishment of Stewart Gore Browne's feudal paradise in northern Rhodesia, his marriage to the daughter of the woman he loved, his support of independence, and his contradictory nature. Reader's Guide available. 25,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060735872
• ISBN 13: 9780060735876
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352