Reception Critical reception for The Africa House was mixed to positive. The Seattle Times praised The Africa House, calling it " a stunning description of a time, a place, a man and two countries' politics ." The Independent called the book a "marvellous story" but criticized Lamb for " the maddening device of putting feelings into people's minds " as well as stating that many of the pictures were " printed too small to be easily identifiable " . Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book was "A cautionary but sympathetic story of a man obsessed, though less perniciously than most " . In an article for the New Statesman Graham Boynton positively reviewed  Africa House, writing that it " is an important book, since not only does it tell the story of an extraordinary character but it also helps explain the place of the white man in Africa ." Publishers Weekly gave a mixed review for The Africa House, saying the book was " engaging and well crafted, although Lamb's attempts at dramatizing her subjects' emotional lives sometimes read like a romance novel, and her narrow focus on the house's history obscures the wider context of waning British empire " .
Reception Critical reception for The Africa House was mixed to positive. The Seattle Times praised The Africa House, calling it ' a stunning description of a time, a place, a man and two countries' politics '. The Independent called the book a 'marvellous story' but criticized Lamb for ' the maddening device of putting feelings into people's minds ' as well as stating that many of the pictures were ' printed too small to be easily identifiable ' . Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book was 'a cautionary but sympathetic story of a man obsessed, though less perniciously than most ' . In an article for New Statesman, Graham Boynton positively reviewed The Africa House, writing that it ' is an important book, since not only does it tell the story of an extraordinary character but it also helps explain the place of the white man in Africa '. Publishers Weekly gave a mixed review for The Africa House, saying the book was ' engaging and well crafted, although Lamb's attempts at dramatizing her subjects' emotional lives sometimes read like a romance novel, and her narrow focus on the house's history obscures the wider context of waning British empire ' .
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