Of Sidearms and Dinner Jackets
A Novel
Published on 28. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-80514-159-4 (ISBN)
Description
When Englishman Michael Hood receives an invitation to visit his old school friend's ranch in the colony of Equatoria, British East Africa, at the start of 1960, he can hardly imagine the beauty and allure of the region he will come to know during repeated lengthy stays, nor the excitement, drama and tragedy which will mark his visits. And when he first disembarks at Port Hardinge, Equatoria's main port, he cannot guess that he is about to meet and fall in love with a beautiful settler's daughter named Marjory.
As insurrection, violence, and ultimately, destruction, are played out against the striking equatorial African scenery, Michael's love for Marjory grows ever deeper, and in time, in a region of Africa as yet untouched by violence, they achieve a dream they come to share . . . .
As insurrection, violence, and ultimately, destruction, are played out against the striking equatorial African scenery, Michael's love for Marjory grows ever deeper, and in time, in a region of Africa as yet untouched by violence, they achieve a dream they come to share . . . .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Troubador Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
429 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80514-159-4 (9781805141594)
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Robert Dewar was born in East Africa in the mid 1950s, and was educated in South Africa. He has a degree in History. As a young man he worked as a field guide in Southern Africa, and as a game ranger. In later years he worked as a business researcher and writer. He has lived in East Africa, South Africa, Namibia, the United Kingdom, Malta, and the Far East. He now lives in the Scottish Highlands.