The Scramble For Africa - Softcover

Pakenham, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349104492 ISBN 13: 9780349104492

Verlag: Abacus, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest., The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.

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Críticas:

'Magnificent, vigorous, comprehensive, compulsive reading' DAILY TELEGRAPH *'Memorable history on a grand scale . . . brilliant . . . thrilling, fast moving, imaginative, coherent' INDEPENDENT *' A phenomenal achievement . . . clear, authoritative and compelling' William Boyd, DAILY TELEGRAPH *'Grim as well as gripping reading . . . Pakenham writes racily and humorously . . . a magnificent, swash buckling, blood-bolstered epic' OBSERVER

Biografía del autor:

Thomas Pakenham is the author of THE MOUNTAINS OF RASSELAS, THE YEAR OF LIBERTY and THE BOER WAR. He divides his time between a terraced house I nnNorth Kensington, London and a crumbling castle in Ireland. He is married to the writer Valerie Pakenham and they have four children.

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• Verlag: Abacus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0349104492
• ISBN 13: 9780349104492
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 768