SUNSHINE AND STORM IN RHODESIA; Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland both before and during the Recent Native Insurrection up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force.
Rowland Ward. 1896 London, 2nd edn, 290pp, illus, fold-out map. A very good plus copy. Hinges tight, light foxing to pages and covers. Item #002531
Selous was engaged by the empire builder Cecil Rhodes. Selous's job was to help the British South Africa Co. take over what is now Zimbabwe so that Rhodes could acquire the mineral wealth of that nation. However, King Lobengula, ruler of this area, had different ideas and resisted the BSA company. Selous was engaged in various battles before Lobengula was ultimately defeated.
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