Trapped in History
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'Excellent.' Evening Standard'Unforgettable.' Observer'Magnificent.' Daily TelegraphA twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. 'Excellent.' Evening Standard'Unforgettable.' Observer'Magnificent.' Daily TelegraphA twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. Decades later, he began to question the past. Trapped in History is a search for nuanced truth behind the propaganda, a post-colonial story with a close-up view of the terror and pity of empire.'A wholly fascinating and engaging memoir that also functions as a shrewd and brilliant investigation of a still hugely controversial period of Africa's twentieth century history.' William Boyd
'Excellent.' Evening Standard'Unforgettable.' Observer'Magnificent.' Daily TelegraphA twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. 'Excellent.' Evening Standard'Unforgettable.' Observer'Magnificent.' Daily TelegraphA twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. Decades later, he began to question the past. Trapped in History is a search for nuanced truth behind the propaganda, a post-colonial story with a close-up view of the terror and pity of empire.'A wholly fascinating and engaging memoir that also functions as a shrewd and brilliant investigation of a still hugely controversial period of Africa's twentieth century history.' William Boyd
AmazonPages: 576, Edition: Main, Paperback, Faber & Faber
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