Rhodes by Sarah Gertrude Millin – Chatto & Windus 1933 First Edition

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This 1933 First Edition from Chatto & Windus is a definitive early biography of Cecil Rhodes, the controversial diamond magnate and imperialist. Sarah Gertrude Millin provides a complex, contemporary examination of Rhodes’ life, from his arrival in South Africa to the founding of Rhodesia and his enduring political legacy. Written with Millin’s characteristic sharp insight, this volume is an essential primary resource for historians of the British Empire and African colonial history. A classic work of 20th-century biography that remains a key text for understanding the expansion of the British South Africa Company.