The Scramble for Africa
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- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2025
Summary
The Conquest of a Continent: A History of the Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa: a period of rapid colonization that astonished the world.
In 1880, Africa was largely ruled by Africans and remained vastly unexplored. Yet, by 1902, a mere two decades later, five European powers, along with one extraordinary individual, had seized almost the entire continent.
Their spoils? Thirty new colonies and protectorates, encompassing ten million square miles of territo…
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: | 25 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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