Madagascar revisited. Describing the events of a new reign and the revolution which followed; setting forth also the persecutions endured by the Christians, and their heroic sufferings, with notices of the present state and prospects of the people.
by ELLIS, William
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London, John Murray, 1867.Original embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With 13 woodengraved plates (plan of Antananarivo missing). XVIII,502 pp.First edition. - Arriving in May 1862, William Ellis became embroiled in court intrigues in the attemp to convert Radama to Christianity but his attemps were cut short when Radama was killed by his own troops (French missionaries reporting back to Europe that Ellis had been involved in the coup) (The Paolo Bianchi collection, 130).Grandidier 1635.
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- Madagascar revisited. Describing the events of a new reign and the revolution which followed; setting forth also the persecutions endured by the Christians, and their heroic sufferings, with notices of the present state and prospects of the people.
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- ELLIS, William
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- Hardcover
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