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When The Hills Ask For Your Blood: A Personal Story of Genocide and Rwanda
David Belton
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Description for When The Hills Ask For Your Blood: A Personal Story of Genocide and Rwanda
Paperback. 6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president's plane is shot down in flames. Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for their lives as the violence escalates. This book sheds light on this incident. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
'Tremendous. A moving and haunting tribute to the human spirit' WILLIAM BOYD
Into the heart of a genocide that left a million people dead
6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president’s plane is shot down in flames.
Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for their lives as the violence escalates.
In the chapel of a hillside village, missionary priest Vjeko Curic prepares to save thousands of lives
The mass slaughter that follows – friends against friends, neighbours against neighbours - is one of the bloodiest chapters in history
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552775335
SKU
9780552775335
Shipping Time
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99-1
About David Belton
David Belton worked as a producer at BBC Newsnight in the 1990s where, amongst many foreign assignments, he covered the civil war in Bosnia and the genocide in Rwanda. In 2002, he co-wrote the story and produced the award-winning feature film Shooting Dogs based on real events that had taken place during the Rwandan genocide. He has since produced and ... Read more
Reviews for When The Hills Ask For Your Blood: A Personal Story of Genocide and Rwanda
Tremendous. A moving and haunting tribute to the human spirit
WILLIAM BOYD David Belton has written something very special, a work of non-fiction that has a novel’s power to move, enchant and challenge. This elegantly-written book is much more than a history, a work of lyrical beauty that will stand as a memorial not just for those who died ... Read more
WILLIAM BOYD David Belton has written something very special, a work of non-fiction that has a novel’s power to move, enchant and challenge. This elegantly-written book is much more than a history, a work of lyrical beauty that will stand as a memorial not just for those who died ... Read more