Author: Nicholas Monsarrat Year: 1958 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Adventure, Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9780330400206 9781842321607 0330400207 1842321609 |
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Five hundred miles off the southwest coast of Africa lies the island of Pharamaul, a British Protectorate, governed from Whitehall through a handful of devoted British civilians. In the south of the island lies Port Victoria, dominated by the Governor's palatial mansion; in the north, a settlement of mud huts shelter a hundred thousand natives; and in dense jungle live the notorious Maula tribe, kept under surveillance by a solitary District Officer and his young wife. When Chief-designate, Dinamaula, returns from his studies in England with a spirited desire to speed the development of his people, political crisis erupts into a ferment of intrigue and violence.
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