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Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World History

Behind the Bastards

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The Lion King by Alan Quartermayne - Book Review

Haggard's novel is one of the most racist books ever written for a very specific reason. Haggard did repeatedly point out through his characters that a lot of European colonialist officers were horrible people. Alan Quartermayne regularly notes that a lots of black Africans he meets are more worthy of the word gentlemen than British officials.

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