Lost Lion of Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Lion of Empire write by Edward Paice. This book was released on 2002. Lost Lion of Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An African Younghusband - the compelling life of a great adventurer. Ewart Grogan, 'the baddest and boldest of a bad bold gang' of settlers in Kenya, was one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of African colonial history. When he proposed to a young heiress, Gertrude Coleman, he needed to prove himself a 'somebody' to her father in order to win her hand. He did so in inimitable style, announcing that he intended to accomplish the first south-to-north traverse of Africa. In 1900, after two years of illness and extreme hardship, he arrived triumphantly in Cairo. He became an instant celebrity, and, on returning to England, at last married Gertrude. Now with a considerable fortune at his disposal, after a short but successful spell in South Africa he arrived in British East Africa. He quickly became a leader among the settlers, and embarked on a lifetime of grand projects, forced through despite government inertia, enormous natural obstacles and the looming threat of bankruptcy. Time after time he proved the doubters wrong, as he pulled off the seemingly impossible. Despite this frenetic activity, and despite his love for Gertrude, he still managed to find the time to run two separate families and father numerous children by various mothers. The abrasive and glamorous Grogan, with Delamere, was one of the founding fathers of Kenya - 'Lost Lion of Empire' is a brilliant and powerful account both of the life of an exceptional man and the birth of a country.
Lost Lion of Empire
Lost Lion of Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Lion of Empire write by Edward Paice. This book was released on 2001. Lost Lion of Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "By the age of twenty-two Grogan had been elected the youngest ever member of the Alpine Club and was a Matabele War veteran. But his prospects were far from certain when he fell in love with a young heiress and was required by her stepfather to prove himself a 'somebody' in order to win her hand. Grogan's response was typically unequivocal: he announced that he intended to be the first man to complete a south-to-north traverse of the African continent. In 1900, after almost three years of adventure and unimaginable hardship, he arrived triumphantly in Cairo, thus completing one of the most astonishing feats in the history of the African exploration. He became an instant celebrity and returned to London to marry his beloved Gertrude."--BOOK JACKET.
Outrider of Empire
Outrider of Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Outrider of Empire write by Geoffrey A. Pocock. This book was released on 2007. Outrider of Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A dreamer of dreams, an adventurer, and a man of many ideas, Roger Pocock was an inveterate, world-ranging traveler who lived the life that all adventurous boys desire. He listened with wonder to the stories of all those he met, be they outlaws like Butch Cassidy, ranchers, or mounted police. Readers of all ages and classes eagerly devoured Pocock's western tales. Outrider of Empire is a testament to a prolific author and extraordinary man whose friends and acquaintances bridged the worlds of theatre, literature, the military, and science.
Air empire
Air empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Air empire write by Gordon Pirie. This book was released on 2017-03-01. Air empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Air empire is a fresh study of civil aviation as a tool of late British imperialism. The first pioneering flights across the British empire in 1919-20 were flag-waving adventures that recreated an era of plucky British maritime exploration and conquest. Britain’s development of international air routes and services was approved, organised and celebrated largely in London; there was some resistance in and beyond the subordinate colonies and dominions. Negotiating the financing and geopolitics of regular commercial air service delayed its inception until the 1930s. Technological, managerial and logistical problems also meant that Britain was slow into the air and slow in the air. Propaganda concealed underperformance and criticism. The study uses archival sources, biographies, industry magazines and newspapers to chronicle the disputed progress toward air empire. The rhetoric behind imperial air service offers a glimpse of late imperial hopes, fears, attitudes and style. Empire air service had emotional appeal and symbolic value, but disappointed in practice.
Lost Lions of Judah
Lost Lions of Judah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Lions of Judah write by Christopher Othen. This book was released on 2017-06-15. Lost Lions of Judah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The strange, untold story of the Nazis and adventurers who fought for Ethiopia against Mussolini’s invaders.
