Ultimatum - A Novel

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January, 1890 Britain threatens Portugal with an Ultimatum : Abandon south-east Africa or face a navalbombardment of Lisbon. Three centuries earlier, the poet Luís de Camões described the region at issue — Behold the lake which is the Nile’s source. And the green Zambezi, too, begins its course. Further upstream, the river becomes serpentine, twisting itself into a vast swamp, known to Europeans as Elephant Marsh , choked with papyrus, monstrous baobabs, and marabou storks like coffins. Every mud bank has a gang of crocodiles, the air thick with mosquitoes and the nearest horizon a tousled fringe of swamp palms … could the European Powers go to Warover such a Wilderness? Praise for Landeg White’s previous ‘… rich, informative, sometimes alarming and often moving ... generous and perceptive ... a writer of confidence and subtlety.’ Stephen Knight ‘Original, subtle, inventive ... Livingstone’s Funeral has huge potential to become the best seller in its genre.’ Jack Mapanje ‘… a major achievement. Superbly clear and seemingly effortless …’ Jose Luiz Passos