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25%OFFLeonard Woolf - Growing: Seven Years in Ceylon - 9781780600710 - V9781780600710
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Growing: Seven Years in Ceylon

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Description for Growing: Seven Years in Ceylon Paperback. Growing is a portrait of a young man sent straight out from university to help govern Ceylon. It is doubtful that any Empire at any time has been served by such an intelligent, dutiful, hardworking and incorruptible civil servant as the young Leonard Wool Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Growing is a portrait of a young man sent straight out from university to help govern Ceylon. It is doubtful that any Empire at any time has been served by such an intelligent, dutiful, hardworking and incorruptible civil servant as the young Leonard Woolf. He was determined to do what was good but discovered for himself that colonial rule, be it ever so high-minded, is fated to do wrong. Growing is also a deeply affectionate account of the mystery, magic and savage beauty of Ceylon at the turn of the century, an island whose diverse beliefs and cultures Woolf had ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780600710
SKU
V9781780600710
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