The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power
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Cecil Rhodes was an imposing figure, tall, robust-looking, with a leonine head, a man so charismatic that one contemporary claimed that "belief in Rhodes was a substitute for religion." But he was certainly a man of contradictions. He was a dreamy idealist whose favorite book was The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and a ruthless businessman whose guiding principle was "every man has his price." He supported invidious racial laws in South Africa, and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195049683
ISBN13:9780195049688
Release Date:October 1988
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:854 Pages
Weight:3.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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