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The Viceroy of Ouidah

Bruce Chatwin

1980 · EN
HistoryHistorical FictionTravel

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.

Editions · 5

Paperback
1988 · Penguin
155 pp · EN
9780140112900
Paperback
1998 · VINTAGE (RAND)
110 pp · EN
9780099769613
Paperback
1998 · VINTAGE (RAND)
110 pp · EN
9780099769613
Paperback
1999 · Penguin Random House
EN
9780099479499
Paperback
2012 · Penguin Random House
112 pp · EN
9781448112630

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