'As ambitious as it is remarkable. Balances on seesaws of innocence and violence, sanity and lunacy, hilarity and horror' The Times
_____________________________
'We will all melt like ice-cream in the sun!'
British soldier, East Africa, 1914
On the Western Front millions are being slaughtered. But in East Africa a ridiculous and utterly ignored campaign is being waged - one that continues after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell the participants to stop.
As the conflict sweeps up Africans and colonials, so those left at home and those fighting abroad find themselves unable to escape the tide of history bearing down on them.
_____________________________
Product details
Publisher : Penguin; 1st edition (4 Aug. 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0241953561
ISBN-13 : 978-0241953563
Dimensions : 12.95 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 145,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
152 in English Reading & Writing Skills
6,210 in Military Romance (Books)
7,179 in Fiction Classics (Books)
Customer reviews: 4.1
1,791 ratings