Tales from the Dark Continent by Charles Allen

Tales from the Dark Continent by Charles Allen

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Based on recorded interviews with 50 British men and women covering three generations of colonial rule in Africa, the stories and recollections in this book evoke the world of traders, missionaries, soldiers, policemen and district officers.

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Tales from the Dark Continent by Charles Allen

Small boys and sleeping dictionaries, bush camps and blackwater fever, mosquito-boots and mammy-chairs - TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT is a classic book which captures the vanished world of British colonial Africa through the vivid stories and recollections of the pioneering men and women who lived and worked there. 'A rich treasure-house of Empire' SPECTATOR
Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about Indian and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India.
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ISBN 13 9780349104980
ISBN 10 0349104980
Title Tales from the Dark Continent
Author Charles Allen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 1990-03-22
Number of pages 200
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.