Mad Dogs and Englishmen (The Brigandshaw Chronicles)

Rimmer, Peter

ISBN 10: 154261130X / ISBN 13: 9781542611305

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mad Dogs and Englishmen (The Brigandshaw Chronicles)
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154261130X
• ISBN 13: 9781542611305
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

In a land where survival is a struggle, can a broken man find redemption?

When Lieutenant James Bowman steps off the train in 1920s Salisbury, Rhodesia, he carries more than his kitbag—he bears the weight of war trauma and abandoned love...

His encounter with Colonel Voss, an aging adventurer with tales of ancient civilisations and promises of glory, offers an escape from his haunted past. "The legend has it there was a great civilisation here when we in Europe were still climbing trees and living in caves," Voss claims, drawing Jim into a dangerous expedition into Africa's heartland.

As they prepare for their journey into the unmapped wilderness, Jim finds himself torn between suspicion and fascination. Is Voss a charlatan preying on newcomers, or does he truly know the location of a lost empire that predates Christ?

Against the backdrop of colonial Africa, where the land itself becomes both adversary and seducer, Jim must decide if the promise of redemption is worth risking everything. For in the shadow of empire, among beasts both wild and human, the greatest peril may be the burden of expectations he carries from a world away.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is the third book in the Brigandshaw Chronicles, where the legacy of adventure and family continues to unfold.

About the Author

PETER RIMMER was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to school. After the Second World War, and aged eighteen, he joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of pilot officer before the age of nineteen. At the end of his national service he sailed for Africa to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. THE YEARS went by and Peter found himself in Johannesburg, where he established an insurance brokering company. Over two percent of the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were clients of Rimmer Associates. He opened branches in the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong and travelled extensively between them. HE NOW lives a reclusive life in his beloved Africa, writing his books.