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Bruce Chatwin portrays Francisco Manoel de Silva, a Brazilian who leaves poverty behind to travel to Dahomey in order to trade slaves and build a fortune. As his ambitions grow, he becomes the Viceroy of Ouidah and gains control over the region’s slave trade. The novel explores how the harsh realities and violence of slave trading erode both his wealth and his sanity.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Bruce Chatwin
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