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Hartley, an acclaimedfrontline reporter who covered the atrocities of 1990s Africa, embarks on a journey to unlock the mysteries and secrets of his own family's 150-year-colonial legacy in Africa. A beautiful, sometimes harrowing memoir of intrepid young men cut down in their prime, of forbidden love and its fatal consequences, and of family and history. and the collision of cultures over the enduringcourse of British colonialism in Africathat defined them both."

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"A lyrical, searing memoir...Hartley has fashioned a mesmerizing story of pain and loss."

"The finest account of a war correspondent''s psychic wracking since Michael Herr''s Dispatches"--Rian Malan

"The finest account of a war correspondent's psychic wracking since Michael Herr's Dispatches"Rian Malan"
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Aidan Hartley is a brilliant young writer in the style of award-winners Dalrymple, Maclean and Marsden.

* Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction.

* This book is a spiritual memoir, a fascinating travel journal and a work of riveting history - a non fiction The English Patient.

* Includes an informative and fascinating PS section with an author profile and essay by Hartley's fellow journalist in Africa, Johnathan Clayton.

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  • PublisherRiverhead Books
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 1594480117
  • ISBN 13 9781594480119
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages479
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