The Shangani Patrol (eBook, ePUB)
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This gripping newmilitary adventure featuring Simon Fonthillbrilliantly depicts one of the last and most tragic of all battles in the 'Scramble for Africa'. 1893. In the African Cape, recoveringfrom the loss of their child, ex-captain and one-time subaltern Simon Fonthill and his wife Alice find themselveson tribal land and at the mercy ofMatabele warriors.Whilebeing heldunder the orders ofthe Matabeleking, Lobengula,Fonthill becomes aware of a Portuguese plot to undermine a valuable mining treaty betweenLobengulaand the richest man in Africa, Cecil Rhodes. Whenfriction develops between Rhodes...
This gripping newmilitary adventure featuring Simon Fonthillbrilliantly depicts one of the last and most tragic of all battles in the 'Scramble for Africa'. 1893. In the African Cape, recoveringfrom the loss of their child, ex-captain and one-time subaltern Simon Fonthill and his wife Alice find themselveson tribal land and at the mercy ofMatabele warriors.Whilebeing heldunder the orders ofthe Matabeleking, Lobengula,Fonthill becomes aware of a Portuguese plot to undermine a valuable mining treaty betweenLobengulaand the richest man in Africa, Cecil Rhodes. Whenfriction develops between Rhodes and the Matabele tribesmenFonthill is forced to take sides and, together with comrade '352' Jenkins and Alice,hebecomes embroiledin one of the bloodiestbattles in British history, the Shangani River massacre.
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