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Four Essays on Colonial Slavery (Paperback): Sir John Jeremie Four Essays on Colonial Slavery (Paperback)
Sir John Jeremie
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Four Essays on Colonial Slavery (Hardcover): John Jeremie Four Essays on Colonial Slavery (Hardcover)
John Jeremie
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Pamphlet (Paperback): John Jeremie A Pamphlet (Paperback)
John Jeremie
R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Pamphlet (Hardcover): John Jeremie A Pamphlet (Hardcover)
John Jeremie
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mrs. Queen's Chump - IDI Amin, the Mau Mau, Communists, and Other Silly Follies of the British Empire - A Military Memoir... Mrs. Queen's Chump - IDI Amin, the Mau Mau, Communists, and Other Silly Follies of the British Empire - A Military Memoir (Paperback)
John Jeremy Hespeler-Boultbee
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mrs. Queen's Chump is the military memoir of a young man who, naively acquiescing to a period of adventure after leaving boarding school, soon found himself enmeshed in the agonies of subjugated peoples caught in the turmoil of a collapsing British Empire and demanding restoration of their dignity and rightful human freedoms. Left to deal as best he could with his own transition from boy to man - somewhat before PTSD became a recognizable quantity - he realized as a born Canadian citizen he might easily have avoided service in Britain's army - but he had committed himself, so entered with his eyes open and became a keen observer.
In stories that are sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, yet somehow tinged with the sadness that always jolts the loss of innocence, the author tells of experiences as an infantry officer fighting in the jungles of both Kenya and Malaya. They are incident of another time, yet hauntingly contemporary - soldiers sent to far off corners of the world to secure the privileges of tough and ambitious colonizers, themselves champions of Empire (no matter whose) who feel full entitlement over both people and resources. Bring up the troops
Despite clear dangers, thousands of bright-eyed and brainwashed young Brits whose invincible dads had recently thrashed Hitler were now, by the late 1940's and 1950's, keen to do their bit, to head abroad and have a go at running the Empire. They sallied forth into what they thought a halcyon sunset in need of some burnishing, but in reality dazzling in its madness. By the end their military weight and wallop proved insufficient to address the anger of millions of very restless natives - or to douse the frenzies of the likes of Idi Amin.
The initial disease was Empire Myopia. Within a short time, and like Kurtz in Heart of Darkness, those who had come to impose order themselves succumbed to an Idi-like dementia that tumbled the whole wretched Empire to its knees. About the Author:
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Jeremy Hespeler-Boultbee started school in Australia, continued in the United States and Canada, and graduated from high school in Britain - this last giving rise to the military service described in these pages. A young and insightful officer, whose views often ran counter to those expressed by his superiors, he was in a unique position to observe the collapsing British Empire. Later, as a journalist living in Lisbon, Portugal, he was again witness - this time to the revolutionary shake-up and demise of another of Europe's entrenched old orders. Hespeler-Boultbee has worked on major assignments in Canada, the United States, Portugal and numerous countries in Africa. In addition to writing, he is an architectural historian specializing in Renaissance Portugal. He considers home to be Victoria, British Columbia, Barrancos, Portugal and Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Four Essays on Colonial Slavery (1831) (Paperback): John Jeremie Four Essays on Colonial Slavery (1831) (Paperback)
John Jeremie
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Recent Events At Mauritius (1835) (Paperback): John Jeremie, John Reddie Recent Events At Mauritius (1835) (Paperback)
John Jeremie, John Reddie
R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

A Story in Stones - Portugal's Influence on Culture and Architecture in the Highlands of Ethiopia 1493-1634 (Updated &... A Story in Stones - Portugal's Influence on Culture and Architecture in the Highlands of Ethiopia 1493-1634 (Updated & Revised 2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised ed.)
John Jeremy Hespeler-Boultbee; Foreword by Richard Pankhurst
R1,257 Discovery Miles 12 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This newly updated and revised second edition of "A Story in Stones" explores the relationship between Portugal and Ethiopia during the XVI and XVII centuries from the unique perspective of stonework. Through research and many years of working in the field, J.J. Hespeler-Boultbee examines the first early Renaissance links between the principal European superpower of the day and the ancient Christian empire of Ethiopia's Highlands - using contemporary architectural vestige as a catalyst for his findings.

What began as Portugal's mission to discover an unknown world soon became a quest to find Prester John, the legendary Christian priest/king presumed to be living on the far side of Islam. In an attempt to form a Christian military alliance, the search was both concluded and, in a manner, initiated by explorer Pero da Covilha in 1493 with his overland journey to the Highland court of Emperor Eskendar. This was instrumental in setting up a string of ties between the two nations - diplomatic, military, religious, cultural and (most long-lasting of all) architectural - almost three decades before Portugal's diplomatic mission of 1520.

The fascinating story contained in the stones can yet be seen in the Portuguese and "Gondarine" ruins that dot the Gojjam and Lake Tana regions; they continue to influence today's Highland architectural design. Hespeler-Boultbee examines over thirty different sites, many of which are remote and rarely visited. Fully illustrated with colour photos and drawings.

About the Author:
J.J. Hespeler-Boultbee is an Art & Architectural Historian and Associate of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University. He lived for twenty-five years in Portugal, during that time making several forays into the Ethiopian Highlands on behalf of the Department of History and CIDEHUS (Centro de Investigacao e Desenvolvimento em Ciencias Humanas e Sociais), the research and development institute at the University of Evora. For the two year period, 2007-2009, he lived in and conducted research from Bahir Dar on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, during which time he found his historical conclusions were at considerable variance with colleagues in the History Department at Bahir Dar University - disagreements which have prompted the revisions leading to this current updated and revised edition of "A Story in Stones."

Recent Events At Mauritius (1835) (Paperback): John Jeremie, John Reddie Recent Events At Mauritius (1835) (Paperback)
John Jeremie, John Reddie
R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Four Essays On Colonial Slavery (1831) (Hardcover): John Jeremie Four Essays On Colonial Slavery (1831) (Hardcover)
John Jeremie
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Four Essays On Colonial Slavery (1831) (Paperback): John Jeremie Four Essays On Colonial Slavery (1831) (Paperback)
John Jeremie
R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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