Colour Bar by Susan Williams - ISBN: 9780141026138
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Forbidden love, royal exile, and a nation’s fight for justice.

Colour Bar

The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2007

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Summary

‘One of the great love stories of the twentieth century’ - Daily Mail

Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? To fall in love and marry a young, white English girl, Ruth Williams.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141026138
ISBN-10:0141026138
Author:Susan Williams
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 October 2007
Weight:338g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 27mm
About The Author

Susan Williams

Susan Williams is the author of many books, most recently The People’s King- The True Story of the Abdication (2003), The Children of London (2001) and Ladies of Influence (2000). She grew up in Zambia and has worked in Britain, Zimbabwe and Canada. She lives in London and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.

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