Matabele Thompson
Subtitle: an autobiography
By: edited by his daughter, Nancy Rouillard.
Contributors: Rouillard, Nancy Thompson ed.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 1936
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Thompson, Francis Robert, 1857-1927; Matabeleland (Southern Rhodesia); Zimbabwe -- History
Notes: "The political origin of Southern Rhodesia lies in the concession granted in 1888 by Lobengula, king of the Matebili, to a syndicate consisting of Cecil Rhodes, Charles Dunnell Rudd and Francis Robert Thompson. The reasons why this concession was sought by Cecil Rhodes, the means by which he obtained it, and the men upon whom he relied for success are described in this book."--Pref.
Includes index.