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Peter Hain - Rhino Conspiracy, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Conspiracy

Rhino Conspiracy

Av Peter Hain

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A veteran freedom fighter and friend of Mandela is forced to break all his loyalties and oppose the ruling ANC party - a party he's been a member of all his life - to confront corruption and venality at the very top. As he faces political attacks and sinister threats from a faction in the SA security services the ageing veteran finds his life is now endangered. Recognising the need for help, he recruits a young 'Born Free' idealist to assist him. She too is soon drawn into danger as together they stumble upon a clandestine plot at the highest level of government to poach and kill rhino and export their lucrative horns to South East Asia. Intent on catching the poachers and exposing the trade, they manage to install a GPS tracking device inside a perfect replica of a horn which they follow through a diplomatic bag into Vietnam. Anxious that intimidation by the security services will prevent them from exposing the truth, they decide to break cover in UK using a sympathetic British MP to reveal all they know in a House of Commons speech, under parliamentary privilege. But first they must establish the truth. Will they be able to do so, or will they be killed before they can? The stakes are high. Has Mandela's 'rainbow nation' been irretrievably betrayed by political corruption and cronyism? Can the country's ancient rhino herd be saved from extinction by poachers supported from the very top of the state
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-09-10
  • Mått: 153 x 234 x 36 mm
  • Vikt: 606 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Conspiracy
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: Muswell Press
  • ISBN: 9781916207714
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Lord Hain was the Labour MP for Neath between 1991 and 2015. He was a senior minister for twelve years in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments, where he served as Secretary of State for Wales and Northern Ireland, as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and as Leader of the Commons. He was also Europe Minister, Foreign Minister and Energy Minister. He chaired the UN Security Council, and negotiated international Treaties curbing nuclear proliferation and banning the conflict-inducing trade in blood diamonds. Peter Hain's childhood was spent in apartheid South Africa, a period that came to an end when his parents were forced into exile in 1966. A leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Anti-Nazi League in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s, he obtained degrees at Queen Mary College, London, and Sussex University.

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'Gripping, tense and timely' Alan Johnson; 'Masterful, a riveting journey behind the frontline of the battle to change Africa's wildlife'. Julian Rademeyer, author of Killing for Profit; 'A thrilling page turner about the fight for humanity'. Zelda de Grange, personal assistant to Nelson Mandela 1994-2013; 'A racy thriller into the toxicity of Rhino poaching and state corruption' Ronni Kasrils former ANC underground chief;'Passionate and engaging. From a man whose tireless anti-apartheid activism supported the long struggle to free his friend and leader, Nelson Mandela'. Jon Snow, Channel 4 Broadcaster. 'Highly readable and inspirational'. Desmond Tutu

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