The Governor's Lady
  • Published:
    Oct-2011
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    500
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Set in an off-the-map British Colony in Central Africa in the early 1930's, The Governor's Lady portays a host of interesting characters: young Harold Stebbs, bachelor, newly appointed to the Governor's secretariat in Amimbo; the Governor, Sir Gardnor Hackforth, already something of a Pro-consular legend in the Service, and tipped by The Times for the next Viceroyship; Mr. Frith, the passed-over Acting Chief Secretary, a rather too familiar figure at the bar in the Milner Club; Tony Henley, the A.D.C., who has ultimately to be disowned; Old Moses, the trusted Mimbo butler and key figure in the Residency; the socially irresistible Mr. Ngono; Mr. Talefwa, left-wing editor of the African Independence newspaper, War Drum; and Mr. Das, itinerant legal Counsel called in by the Defence. Then there is the Governor's Lady herself; twenty years younger than Sir Gardnor; somewhat withdrawn from Government life because of an incident that occurred before Harold Stebbs arrived; and already the subject of gossip in European, African and Asian circles alike. There is also Lady Anne's lady-in-waiting, Sybil Prosser, who has her own reasons for discretion.
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    • First Edition
    • Aug-2012
    • Bloomsbury (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1448201268
    • ISBN13: 9781448201266
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    • Jan-1968
    • Simon & Schuster
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0671203185
    • ISBN13: 9780671203184
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    • Oct-2011
    • Bloomsbury
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1448202582
    • ISBN13: 9781448202584
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    • Oct-2011
    • Bloomsbury Reader
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Jul-2016
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1522677321
    • ISBN13: 9781522677321



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