African history

Eastern Approaches: The Original British Action Hero

By Fitzroy MacLean

'An absorbing mixture of military adventure, urbane wit, cool humour and surprising incident' Financial Times

Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines, including the daring and outrageous...

'An absorbing mixture of military adventure, urbane wit, cool humour and surprising incident' Financial Times

Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After...

Published: 02/09/2009

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141042848

RRP: $26.95

The Shadow of the Sun: Popular Penguins

By Ryszard Kapuscinskui

Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Shadow of the Sun encompasses forty years of incisive and moving reportage about Africa by one of the world's greatest journalists. From newly independent Ghana to war-torn Rwanda, Kapuscinski captures the sights, sounds, smells and, above all, the real lives of this vast continent. Poetic and profound, this dazzling travelogue has been acclaimed as one of the most significant...

Published: 01/09/2008

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141037707

RRP: $9.95

Zulu: The Heroism & Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879

By Saul David

This was the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century. The real story of the Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. But it did not go to plan and there were many political repercussions. Using new material from archives in Britain...

Published: 26/09/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141015699

RRP: $26.95

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt

By Bill Manley

Published: 18/09/1996

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140513318

RRP: $29.95

The Shadow of the Sun

By Ryszard Kapuscinski

The Shadow of the Sun has been hailed as the best modern work on Africa and as a dazzling literary masterpiece.

'For more than forty years, Ryszard Kapuscinski has been the definitive voice on all things African . . . Almost every page in this book comes alive with his quick brilliance . . . He brings the world to us as nobody else'
Ian Jack, Observer

The Shadow of the Sun has been hailed as the best modern work on Africa and as a dazzling literary masterpiece.

'For more than forty years, Ryszard Kapuscinski has been the definitive voice on all things...

Published: 22/04/2002

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140292626

RRP: $24.95

The Trouble with Africa: Stories from a Safari Camp

By Vic Guhrs

German-born artist Vic Guhrs came to Africa at the age of twenty-two to fulfil his boyhood dream of a life in wild places among wild animals. He lived for twenty-five years in an isolated bush camp in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia and knows that, despite its paradoxes and it mysteries, he can never live Africa.

Published: 28/02/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780143026914

RRP: $29.95