(Harper Collins, 7.99)
Meshing together Africa's colonial history and the personalities of that time with his own memories of the turbulent 20th century and its characters, journalist Stephen Taylor travels from Lake Victoria to the Cape of Good Hope from the place which represents the peak of colonial exploration in Africa to the first settling place of his own family. His description and re-evaluation of the colonial period shows it in all its drama, glamour and disrepute a wilder version of the Raj.
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