Bibliograph

The Shangani patrol, John Wilcox

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The Shangani patrol, John Wilcox

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Shangani patrol

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

440118725

Responsibility statement

John Wilcox

Series statement

A Simon Fonthill novel, 7

Summary

Adventurer Simon Fonthill is forced to take sides in the last and most tragic battle of 19th-Century British South Africa, in this gripping military adventure In the African Cape, Simon Fonthill--one-time subaltern and ex-captain in the North West Frontier's Royal Corps of Guides--and his wife Alice find themselves on tribal land and at the mercy of ruthless Matabele warriors. While being held under the orders of the warrior king Lobengula, Fonthill becomes aware of a Portuguese plot to undermine a valuable treaty between Lobengula and the richest man in Africa, Cecil Rhodes. When friction develops between Rhodes and the Matabele tribesmen, Fonthill is forced to take sides. Together with Alice and his comrade 352 Jenkins, he becomes embroiled in one of the bloodiest battles in British history, the Shangani River massacre

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