It is April Fool's Day 1894 and a party of European radicals have landed on the East African coast. They plan to travel inland, to establish a utopian "Freeland" on the slopes of Mount Kenya. But their expedition will lead to disastrous failure and form a small footnote of African colonial history.
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It is April Fool's Day 1894 and a party of European radicals have landed on the East African coast. They plan to travel inland, to establish a utopian "Freeland" on the slopes of Mount Kenya. But their expedition will lead to disastrous failure and form a small footnote of African colonial history.
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Prelims+293 pages: novel based on a true piece of colonial history when 25 European radicals met on Lamu planning to travel inland & set up a Utopia on Mount Kenya, guess what happened? ; hardback edges lightly browned ow vg vg dw.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9781856194921.
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Very Good. 293pp, Unmarked, VG+ in VG dustjacket. Fiction, set in East Africa, and based on Dr Theodor Hertzka's utopian vision of a colony called Freeland to be set up there. "On 1 April 1894, twenty-five Europeans of different nationalities, members of 'The Freeland Association', landed on the island of Lamu on the northern Swahili coast of East Africa. Their intention was to travel into the African hinterland, using the Tana river, and to establish a Utopian 'Freeland' in the vicinity of Mount Kenya'' (Author's Preface). 48.
