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The Scramble For Africa Thomas Pakenham

The Scramble For Africa By Thomas Pakenham

The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham


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Summary

*the full-scale story of the nineteenth-century imperial invasion of Africa

The Scramble For Africa Summary

The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham

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.

The Scramble For Africa Reviews

'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

About Thomas Pakenham

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.

Additional information

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9780349104492
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The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
1992-11-26
768
Winner of WH Smith Annual Literary Award 1992
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