The Baronet and the Savage King
The Intriguing Story of the Tati Concession
Gold mined at Tati was identified with the dynasty of the Queen of Sheba and the ancient rulers of biblical Ophir. David¿s book records how this notion, mentioned in Milton¿s Paradise Lost, was discarded as being romantic fiction. But romance there is here a-plenty.¿ ¿John Gordon Davis, best-selling author of Hold My Hand I¿m Dying.The concession to mine gold at Tati was granted to a British baronet, Sir John Swinburne, by Lobengula, last king of the Matabele. Although called by colonial imperialists as a ¿savage king¿ and a ¿native despot¿, Lobengula was ¿exceedingly well-made (in height about 6 ft 10 inches), corpulent, with a commanding pr…
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- ISBN: 978-0-620-55904-1
- EAN: 9780620559041
- Produktnummer: 15744475
- Verlag: 30 Degrees South Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 136 S.
- Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.6 cm 222 g
- Abbildungen: 145 b/w illustrations
- Gewicht: 222
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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