The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 - Softcover

Pakenham, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380719991 ISBN 13: 9780380719990

Publisher: Avon Books, 1992

Synopsis

From the rear cover of this 738 page book: "A phenomenal achievement, clear, authoritative and compelling......Thomas Pakenham's fine book tells the story of this particular gold rush with admirable and judicious poise....Contains some of the best-known episodes of 19th-Century history as well as some of the most mythologized and colorful characters the world has ever seen.....Livingstone and Stanley, Brazza and Rhodes, Kitchener and Gordon, Lugard and Jameson.....Highly readable." and "Taking the entire continent as his canvas, Pakenham has painted a picture of heroism and horror. He writes both with compassion and with an effective combination of detachment and judgement. A splendid book."

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About the Author:

Thomas Pakenham is the author of "The Scramble for Africa," which won the W. H. Smith and Alan Paton Awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0380719991
• ISBN 13: 9780380719990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 738