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Humphrey Gibbs Beleagured Governor
Alan Megahey
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Hardcover. Sir Humphrey Gibbs settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchman, an MP, and eventually Governor of the country. After the Rhodesian Front declared UDI in 1964, he was a conduit between the British Government and the rebel regime. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 1HFMZ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
This is a biography of Sir Humphrey Gibbs, an upper-class Englishman who settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchman, an MP, and eventually Governor of the country. In 1964 the Rhodesian Front declared UDI, but he remained at his post in Government House for a further five years, and was a conduit for negotiations between the British Government and the rebel regime.
This is a biography of Sir Humphrey Gibbs, an upper-class Englishman who settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchman, an MP, and eventually Governor of the country. In 1964 the Rhodesian Front declared UDI, but he remained at his post in Government House for a further five years, and was a conduit for negotiations between the British Government and the rebel regime.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333721582
SKU
V9780333721582
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Ref
99-15
About Alan Megahey
ALAN MEGAHEY read History at Cambridge, and was ordained in 1971. He has spent most of his career in independent schools, as Head of History and as a housemaster; he is currently Chaplain of Uppingham School. For ten years he was headmaster of Zimbabwe's leading independent school, Peterhouse, which was where he became acquainted with Sir Humphrey Gibbs. He gave ... Read more
Reviews for Humphrey Gibbs Beleagured Governor
'...a highly readable and impartial book, unlikely to be superseded...a welcome corrective to the tendentious version of events in Ian Smith's recently published autobiography.' - Robert Blake