The Lunatic Express
In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway - a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored. Behind Mombasa lay a scorched, waterless desert. Beyond, a horizonless scrub country climbed toward a jagged volcanic region bisected by the Great Rift Valley. A hundred miles of sponge-like quagmire marked the railway's last lap. The entire right of way bristled with hostile tribes, teemed with lions and breathed malaria. What was the purpose of this 'giant folly' and whom would it benefit? Was it to exploit the rum…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78497-271-4
- EAN: 9781784972714
- Produktnummer: 19581732
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 608 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 80'643 KB
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Charles Miller was a popular author and journalist, specialising in historical books on East Africa. His titles include AN ENTERTAINMENT IN IMPERIALISM, BATTLE FOR THE BUNDU and THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN EAST AFRICA.
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