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The Viceroy Of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Viceroy Of Ouidah about?
In this vivid, powerful novel, Bruce 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. "A masterpiece which everybody should read...It deserves to become a classic." - Auberon WaughIn 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah and the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His one remaining ambition is to return to Brazil in triumph, but his friendship with the mad, mercurial king of Dahomey is fraught with danger and threatens his dream."No lunacy too weird, no irony too oblique, heart too tender, mischief too black, to dodge the sharp angle of his eye. He slips from the hilarious to the macabre, he celebrates the comedy and plumbs the tragedy of Francisco's life - and of Africa - in prose that grabs you with its precision." - The ObserverBruce Chatwin Between 1972 and 1975 Chatwin worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six mo
Who reads The Viceroy Of Ouidah?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Bruce Chatwin
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital Editions
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101503218
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.63 / 5 (55 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13