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Excellent.' Evening Standard

''Unforgettable.' Observer

Magnificent.' Daily Telegraph

A twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. Decades later, he began to question the past. Trapped in History is a search for nuanced truth behind the propaganda, a post-colonial story with a close-up view of the terror and pity of empire.

A wholly fascinating and engaging memoir that also functions as a shrewd and brilliant investigation of a still hugely controversial period of Africa's twentieth century history.' William Boyd

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 11/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780571307760, 978-0571307760
      ISBN10: 0571307760
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      Book Synopsis

      Excellent.' Evening Standard

      ''Unforgettable.' Observer

      Magnificent.' Daily Telegraph

      A twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. Decades later, he began to question the past. Trapped in History is a search for nuanced truth behind the propaganda, a post-colonial story with a close-up view of the terror and pity of empire.

      A wholly fascinating and engaging memoir that also functions as a shrewd and brilliant investigation of a still hugely controversial period of Africa's twentieth century history.' William Boyd

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