Manly Pursuits

Trama

A rich and evocative novel about fidelity and betrayal, exploitation and colonialism. Cape Town, 1899. Cecil Rhodes, the great imperialist and diamond tycoon, believes that he has only months to live, and that the only thing that can save him is the sound of English birdsong in the South African countryside surrounding his Cape residence.

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