This book, published to
coincide with the TV series reveals Cecil Rhodes in all his complexity—the extraordinary personal qualities which culminated in his vision
for Africa and which drove him to become the wealthiest man in the
Western world, as well as to shape part of a continent, and its
particular legacy—apartheid.
A Reader's Opinion
You'll probably come to
thoroughly dislike Cecil Rhodes as a human being, but he does make a
fascinating subject for a book. Rhodes was brilliant and calculating and
charmed and manipulated his way to wealth. He was also racially unjust,
brutal, and unfair. You'll admire his abilities and detest his person. I
read this book for a college course and glad I did so. It now has a
place on my bookshelf because I feel, that despite the deplorable
actions of Rhodes, it's a book I'd recommend to almost anyone. History matters, even if it's to only teach a lesson.
Edition: Hardcover
Source: Reader's personal library
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