Mugabe Robert, Signed (7 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author. The wraps are a bit edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*29/11/2023. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. shelf wear on the wraps. book is marked and much owned. inscribed and signed by author. a few other inscriptions. text remains legible. fairly good condition. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author Peter Godwin. Publication of 353 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Corbis (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Helen - Happy Birthday! Peter Godwin'. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed and slightly bruised, some yellowing and spotting to page block, very slight lean, not price clipped (£18.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy. 353pp. In mid 2008, after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule, Robert Mugabe, the eighty four year old ruler of Zimbabwe, met his politburo. He had just lost an election. But instead of conceding power, he was persuaded to launch a brutal campaign of terror to cow his citizens. Journalist and author Peter Godwin was one of the few observers to slip into the country and bear witness to the terrifying period that Zimbabweans call, simply, the Fear. This is a personal journey through the country Peter Godwin grew up in and knows so well a landscape and a people, grotesquely altered, laid waste by a raging despot. At considerable risk, he travels widely to see the torture bases, the burned villages, the death squads, the opposition leaders in hiding, the last white farmers, the churchmen and the diplomats putting their own lives on the line to stop the carnage. Told with Godwin's brilliant eye for character and natural story telling gifts, this dark story of Africa's corruption and violence is populated by extraordinary characters whose lives have been shaped by the Fear. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 2010 Large Soft Cover SIGNED by Peter Godwin near fine book, corners and edges lightly rubbed. No inscription. 349 pages. Map. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'. SIGNED, WITHOUT DEDICATION, BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£18.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall an excellent copy, looks unread. 354pp. In mid-2008, after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule, Robert Mugabe, the eighty-four-year-old ruler of Zimbabwe, met his politburo. He had just lost an election. But instead of conceding power, he was persuaded to launch a brutal campaign of terror to cower his citizens. Journalist and author Peter Godwin was one of the few observers to slip into the country and bear witness to the terrifying period that Zimbabweans call, simply, the Fear. Following on from his compelling and moving memoirs, Mukiwa and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, this is a personal journey through the country Peter Godwin grew up in and knows so well - a landscape and a people, grotesquely altered, laid waste by a raging despot. At considerable risk, he travels widely to see the torture bases, the burned villages, the death squads, the opposition leaders in hiding, the last white farmers, the churchmen and the diplomats putting their own lives on the line to stop the carnage. Told with Godwin's brilliant eye for character and natural story-telling gifts, this dark story of Africa's corruption and violence is populated by extraordinary characters whose lives have been shaped by the Fear. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of this "important book detailing the violent realities, the grotesque injustices, the hunger, the sadness, and a portrait of Mugabe" (Paul Theroux). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Peter Godwin on the title page. From the library of National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Allison J. Warner. Godwin arrived as Robert Mugabe, the country's dictator for 30 years, has finally lost an election. Mugabe's tenure has left Zimbabwe with the world's highest rate of inflation and the shortest life span. Instead of conceding power, Mugabe launched a brutal campaign of terror against his own citizens. With foreign correspondents banned, and he himself there illegally, Godwin was one of the few observers to bear witness to this period the locals call The Fear. He saw torture bases and the burning villages but was most awed as an observer of not only simple acts of kindness but also churchmen and diplomats putting their own lives on the line to try to stop the carnage. The Fear is a book about the astonishing courage and resilience of a people, armed with nothing but a desire to be free, who challenged a violent dictatorship. It is also the deeply personal and ultimately uplifting story of a man trying to make sense of the country he can't recognize as home.