Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation - Softcover

Williams, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141985704 ISBN 13: 9780141985701

Verlag: Penguin, 2016

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The true story of a love which defied family, Apartheid, and empire - the inspiration for the major new feature film A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike

London, 1947. He was the heir to an African kingdom. She was a white English insurance clerk. When they met and fell in love, it would change the world.

This is the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams, whose marriage sent shockwaves through the establishment, defied an empire - and, finally, triumphed over the prejudices of their age.

'Reading the book, I realised that I had never seen an African love story of this cinematic scope. It spoke to me as an African, as a man, as a romantic' David Oyelowo

'A story of forgiveness and healing ... as relevant today as when the whole drama was being played out' Alexander McCall Smith

'Unmissable ... A love story for the ages ... One of the best films of the year' Daily Mail

'Irresistible storytelling' Guardian

'Genuinely moving ... Fascinating and timely' Time Out

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Susan Williams is an historian and author of many books, most recently Spies in the Congo. The Race for the Ore that Built the Atomic Bomb (2016) and Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa (2011), which triggered a new UN investigation in 2015 into the death of the Secretary General. She grew up in Zambia and has worked in Britain, Zimbabwe and Canada. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0141985704
• ISBN 13: 9780141985701
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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