The Scramble for Africa
$65.35
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
The Scramble for Africa astonished everyone.
In 1880 most of the continent was ruled by Africans, and barely explored. By 1902, five European Powers (and one extraordinary individual) had grabbed almost the whole continent, giving themselves 30 new colonies and protectorates and 10 million square miles of new territory, and 110 million bewildered new subjects. Thomas Pakenham’s story of the conquest of Africa is recognised as one of the finest narrative histories of the last few decades.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399632447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399632442 |
| Author: | Thomas Pakenham |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 56mm |
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Vast, scholarly and delightful * Spectator *Magnificent, swashbuckling … epic * Observer *Masterly, full of pace and character * TLS *Once again Pakenham shows a dazzling, almost filmic ability to tell a good story * Independent on Sunday *Pakenham tells the story with pace and compulsive readability … conceived on a grand scale with all the colour and control of a master artist * Evening Standard *
About The Author
Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham, the eldest son of Lord and Lady Longford, was educated at Ampleforth and Oxford. He divides his time between London and Ireland.
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