- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Unknown; Ill edition (30 July 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1406542091
- ISBN-13: 978-1406542097
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 973,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cecil John Rhodes (1853 - 1902) was a Britishborn South African businessman, mining magnate, and a politician. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today controls 60% of the world's diamonds and at one time, 90%. In the last years of his life, Rhodes was stalked by a Polish princess named Catherine Radziwill (1858-1941), born Rzewuska, married into a noble Polish- Lithuanian dynasty called Radziwill. Radziwill falsely claimed to people that she was engaged to Rhodes, or that they were having an affair. She asked him to marry her, but Rhodes refused. She eventually got revenge by falsely accusing him of loan fraud. He had to go to trial and testify against her accusation. He died shortly after the trial in 1902. She wrote a biography of Rhodes called Cecil Rhodes: Man and Empire-Maker which was published in 1918. Her accusations were eventually proven false.
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Hard work to read,
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This review is from: Cecil Rhodes: Man and Empire-Maker (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) (Paperback)
Wow this is a hard read !!
I know its a historical book but it meanders all over the place - you need a lot of time and concentration to finish this.
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Not about Mr. Rhodes!,
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This review is from: Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker (Paperback)
Princess Radzwell, Jackie O's great aunt or some such thing, stalked Mr. Rhodes for years trying to become Mrs. Rhodes. Rhodes finally had to take her to Court to divert her attentions. This is a series of "stream of consciousness" thoughts by the good Princess on certain topics of the day in South Africa. It is very poorly written. It is a "wannabe"'s chit chat picked up (mostly second or third hand)slightly about Rhodes, but more ofter praising Mr. Milner, a later governor. No wonder Rhodes would do anything he could to get rid of this harpy.
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