Books by William Kelleher Storey
The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes
by William Kelleher Storey
The Colonialist is the first biography in decades of Cecil Rhodes, the British imperialist and diamond magnate whose dream was to build a railway from Cape Town in South Africa all the way to Cairo in Egypt via British territory. With previous biographies boasting titles like Flawed Colossus, it is indeed high time for a reassessment of a man who, these days, is best known for having excrement thrown over his statue at the University of Cape Town in the 'Rhodes Must Fall' protest. The Financial Times described The Colonialist as a "fine new biography."
Interviews where books by William Kelleher Storey were recommended
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Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
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The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes
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Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
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The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany and the Spy Who Betrayed Them
by Jonathan Freedland -
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Baldwin: A Love Story
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True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
by Lance Richardson
New Biographies
New Biographies
Among the new biographies coming out in 2025, the lives of literary figures have been particularly prominent, including new books about Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish adventure writer, and Shakespeare’s rival Christopher Marlowe, who was stabbed to death aged 29. Also popular are reconstructions of lives from the distant past that we know little about, including the first King of England and Fulvia, the first wife of Mark Antony.
