An edition of The Viceroy of Ouidah (1980)

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Viceroy of Ouidah
Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Chatwin
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An edition of The Viceroy of Ouidah (1980)

Viceroy of Ouidah

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  • 1 Have read

In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.

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Penguin Random House
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English

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History, Fiction, Description and travel, Fiction, historical, general, Nigeria, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical

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Ouidah (Benin)

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Cover of: Viceroy of Ouidah
Viceroy of Ouidah
1999, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: The Viceroy of Ouidah
The Viceroy of Ouidah
1980, Summit Books
in English

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OL34420722M
ISBN 13
9780099479499

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OL612492W

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