num_pages: 160
description: In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.
language: English
title: The Viceroy of Ouidah
titlecomplete: The Viceroy of Ouidah
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Africa, Travel, Benin, Novels, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 1241
places: Dahomey, Ouidah, Benin
publisher: Penguin