Rhodes / by J.G. Lockhart and C.M. Woodhouse
1963, First Edition. London : Hodder and Stoughton. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443157
Physical description; 511 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The boy -- Africa -- Kimberley and Oxford -- Africa again -- Politics -- The road to the north -- Amalgamation -- The Rand -- The concession -- The charter -- The pioneers -- Parliament and office -- The unknown colossus -- An expanindg empire -- The Matabele war -- At the summit -- Conspiracty -- The raid -- The aftermath -- Rhodesia in peril -- Preliminaries to the enquiry -- The select committee -- A new beginning -- Last aspirations -- The breakdown of peace -- The Boer War -- Essays in reconstruction -- The final catastrophe -- Appendix A: Telegrams connected with the Jameson Rail -- Appendix B: Letters purporting to have been written by Rhodes to Princess Radziwill -- Appendix C: Documents in the Milner papers (vol. 48) alleged by Princess Radziwill to have orginated from Rhodes. Subjects; Rhodes, Cecil 1853-1902. Rhodes, Cecil 1853-1902 ; Biography. Rhodes, Cecil. Rhodes, Cecil John. 1836-1909. Politics and government. Statesmen Africa, Southern ; Biography. Statesmen South Africa ; Biography. Biography. 19th Century. History. Capitalists and financiers Africa, Southern ; Biography.
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