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.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349104492
Number of pages: 768
Weight: 660 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 51 mm
'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
What a book! Don't let the length of this book out you off, it's a cracking read and it's so well written that you will have read the 2000 pages before you've realised it.
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