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The Viceroy of Ouidah

The Viceroy of Ouidah

The Viceroy of Ouidah
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The Viceroy of Ouidah

by Chatwin, Bruce

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  • Hardcover
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
ISBN 10
0671412531
ISBN 13
9780671412531
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NY: Summit. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0671412531 . Rem mrk on lower edge o/w in DJ, name penned on half-title; Brown cl spine/green boards. Map eps. Life of Brazilian slave trader, Francisco Felix de Souza; 8vo; 155 pages .

Synopsis

In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.

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Bookseller
Wickham Books South US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
5566
Title
The Viceroy of Ouidah
Author
Chatwin, Bruce
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
ISBN 10
0671412531
ISBN 13
9780671412531
Publisher
Summit
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1980
Keywords
0671412531, Africa, Slaves, Slavery, Slave Trading, Benin, Dahomey, Brazil, Biography, Ouidah

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