Contributions

  • Elliott, Nicholas - Contributor

Publication

2010 - Produced by Melcher Media, Las Vegas, NV, Nevada

Language

English

Word Count

72,250 words, Guess

Page Count

289 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780982555071
  • Open LibraryOL24884699M

Classifications

  • DDC843/.914
  • LCCPQ3989.2.M58 R6513 2010
  • LCCPQ3989.2.M58R6513

Description

The story is loosely inspired by the life of Olivier de Sanderval, who, intent on becoming an explorer for most of his life, finally set sale for Africa in 1879 after turning 40. As Monenembo tells it, once there he recruits a crew of Senegalese infantryment and travels to Fouta Djallon, a land he desperately wants to rule. He learns local customs that will aid him in his quest to govern. During the following years of conquests and re-conquests, Sanderval never loses his taste for European luxury and moves between Africa and France, where he publishes books on his experience and struggles to command Fouta. Eventually, her returns to Fouta with his grown son, Georges, to find war raging between locals and the French army, finally extinguishing his lifelong dream.

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