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Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (born 14 August 1933), known simply as Thomas Pakenham, is an Anglo-Irish historian and arborist who has written several prize-winning books on the diverse subjects of African history, Victorian and post-Victorian British history, and trees.
Pakenham details the famous battles and short wars, such as the battles of Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana of the Anglo-Zulu war. The author explores how the different powerful figures dealt with the conflict and its ultimate consequences on the region.
Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford, is known simply as Thomas Pakenham. He is an Anglo-Irish historian and arborist who has written several prize-winning books on the diverse subjects of Victorian and post-Victorian British history and trees.
The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1912. Thomas Pakenham. Random House, 1991 - History - 738 pages. Panoramic history at its best: a vivid, dramatic account of how five rapacious European powers...
24 de sept. de 2015 · The Scramble For Africa. Thomas Pakenham. Little, Brown Book Group, Sep 24, 2015 - History - 768 pages. In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years...
1 de ene. de 1991 · Thomas Pakenham's The Scramble for Africa chronicles the high point of European imperialism: the rush to claim colonies out of unoccupied (by other European powers) Africa in the last quarter of the 19th Century.
1 de dic. de 1992 · Thomas Pakenham presents a lengthy and very detailed tome on the European colonisation of the African continent, from the 1870s, and then leading up to the First World War. He vividly describes how the 3 Cs ...
