The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent From 1876 to 1912

"A phenomenal achievement...clear, authoritative and compelling....Thomas Pakenham's fine book tells the story of this particular gold rush with admirable and judicious poise....Contains some of the best-known episodes of 19th-Century history as well as some of the most mytholgized and colorful characters the world has ever seen....Livingstone and Stanley, Brazza and Rhodes, Kitchener and Gordon, Lugard and Jameson....highly readable." --William Boyd, Los Angeles Times Book Review. SC, 738 pages.