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Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (born 14 August 1933), known simply as Thomas Pakenham, is an Anglo-Irish historian and arborist who has written several prize-winning books on the diverse subjects of African history, Victorian and post-Victorian British history, and trees.
Pakenham details the famous battles and short wars, such as the battles of Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana of the Anglo-Zulu war. The author explores how the different powerful figures dealt with the conflict and its ultimate consequences on the region.
- Thomas Pakenham
- 1991
A landmark volume celebrating the most remarkable trees on our planet. The Spirit of nineteenth-century exploration lives in British historian Thomas Pakenham, who has spent the last decade...
- Thomas Pakenham
- illustrated
- W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1912. Thomas Pakenham. Random House, 1991 - History - 738 pages. Panoramic history at its best: a vivid, dramatic account of how five rapacious European powers...
24 de set. de 2015 · The Scramble For Africa. Thomas Pakenham. Little, Brown Book Group, Sep 24, 2015 - History - 768 pages. In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years...
1 de jan. de 1991 · Thomas Pakenham's The Scramble for Africa chronicles the high point of European imperialism: the rush to claim colonies out of unoccupied (by other European powers) Africa in the last quarter of the 19th Century.
30 de out. de 2015 · Thomas Pakenham is chairman of the Irish Tree Society. In middle age he became a best-selling author thanks to his 1996 book Meetings With Remarkable Trees. Other books about similar...
