The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin

The Viceroy of Ouidah

Bruce Chatwin

155 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical travel adventurous slow-paced
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In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah and ...

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