I was expecting a book about, um , Prester John, so was surprised it had very little to do with him and instead was centred on an uprising in Southern Africa in the early 20th Century and how a young 19 year old Scottish storekeeper thwarted it through honesty, derring-do, and being a massive racist. This isn't going to get a reprint any time soon, it's rooted in the assumption that British imperialism is a benefit to Africa, and that native people are inferior and must be guided and controlled.
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