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A Training School for Elephants (Paperback)
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A Training School for Elephants (Paperback)
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List price R430
Loot Price R360
Discovery Miles 3 600
You Save R70 (16%)
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In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to
plunder Africa’s resources. The key to cracking open the continent, or
so he thought, was its elephants — if only he could train them. And so
he commissioned the charismatic Irish adventurer Frederick Carter to
ship four tamed Asian elephants from India to the East African coast,
where they were marched inland towards Congo. The ultimate aim was to
establish a training school for African elephants.
Following in the footsteps of the four elephants, Roberts pieces
together the story of this long-forgotten expedition, in travels that
take her to Belgium, Iraq, India, Tanzania and Congo. The storytelling
brings to life a compelling cast of historic characters and modern
voices, from ivory dealers to Catholic nuns, set against rich
descriptions of the landscapes travelled. She digs deep into historic
records to reckon with our broken relationship with animals, revealing
an extraordinary — and enduring — story of colonial greed, ineptitude,
hypocrisy and folly.
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