The African Journals of Petros Amm (Paperback)


Beginning with the wreck of a Portuguese ship off the feared Wild Coast in 1814, this captivating novel spans southern Africa's tumultuous past, ranging from unexplored South East Africa in 1814, to war-torn Angola in 1970. The reader is swept along through tribal conflicts, including the rise of Shaka, the charismatic founder of the Zulu nation, political events and racial tensions in a world in the process of discovery. Richly peopled by resourceful men and women; Petros Ammamanian, his son Theo, Shaka and his powerful mother Nandi, and the diamond dealer Barney Barnato; it is a story of a remarkable mixed race family. Seen through the eyes of a young Englishman committed to tracking down the lost journals of Petros, a survivor of the shipwreck, and of his son Theo, this exciting story follows their adventures, the discovery of diamonds, and the founding of a unique island state on an isolated river in South West Africa.

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Beginning with the wreck of a Portuguese ship off the feared Wild Coast in 1814, this captivating novel spans southern Africa's tumultuous past, ranging from unexplored South East Africa in 1814, to war-torn Angola in 1970. The reader is swept along through tribal conflicts, including the rise of Shaka, the charismatic founder of the Zulu nation, political events and racial tensions in a world in the process of discovery. Richly peopled by resourceful men and women; Petros Ammamanian, his son Theo, Shaka and his powerful mother Nandi, and the diamond dealer Barney Barnato; it is a story of a remarkable mixed race family. Seen through the eyes of a young Englishman committed to tracking down the lost journals of Petros, a survivor of the shipwreck, and of his son Theo, this exciting story follows their adventures, the discovery of diamonds, and the founding of a unique island state on an isolated river in South West Africa.

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Imprint

BeWrite Books

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

September 2004

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First published

August 2004

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Dimensions

203 x 127 x 26mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

464

ISBN-13

978-1-904492-57-3

Barcode

9781904492573

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LSN

1-904492-57-6



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