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Secret Society,The: Cecil John Rhodes's Plan for A New World Order (Paperback)
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Secret Society,The: Cecil John Rhodes's Plan for A New World Order (Paperback)
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Cecil John Rhodes made a fortune from diamonds and gold, became
prime minister of the Cape, and had a country named after him, but
his ambitions were far greater than that. When he was still in his
twenties, after a meeting with General Gordon of Khartoum, Rhodes
set up a Secret society with the aim of establishing a new world
order. The society, disciplined on Jesuit-style rules, became
Rhodes's lifelong obsession, and after his death it lived on and
grew under the leadership of his executor, Lord Alfred Milner. The
society played a key role in the governance of Britain during the
Great War and the peace terms to end it, and it was linked to
appeasement initiatives involving Hitler, the Duke of Windsor and
Mrs Simpson before World War II. Echoes of the Secret society
survive in different guises to this day, including the Royal
institute of international affairs (Chatham house) and the Rhodes
scholarships. In The secret society, Robin Brown unpacks this
astonishing and largely unknown history. He brings Rhodes, his
companions and his successors to life by drawing from diaries and
letters, and sheds new light on Rhodes's homosexuality. Ranging
from the diamond mines of Kimberley to the halls of power in
Westminster, and peopled with characters such as General Gordon,
Leander Starr Jameson, W.T. Stead, Olive Schreiner, the Princess
Radziwill, Joseph Chamberlain and David Lloyd George, this book is
a page-turner that will make you see the world, both past and
present, in a different light.
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