Was Selous bribed by Rhodes to support the occupation of Mashonaland? Did Frank Johnson tell the truth about his part in the creation of the Pioneer Column? Was there an armed attack on the port of Beira? Was Colquhoun a failure? These are a few of the questions which Robert Cary answers in this searching probe into the truth behind the Chartered Company. In his first book, A Time to Die, Robert Cary tore the veil of legend away from the death of Allan Wilson in 1893. Now he has turned his attention to Cecil Rhodes and the B.S.A. Company. By careful research he shows once again that many of the myths that surround and distort early Rhodesian history do not stand up to a detailed stu<;ly of the original documents of the period. Robert Cary is not an iconoclast, happily 'knocking' Rhodesia's heroes in the cause of sensationalism. He is a keen student of history who feels that the country has now reached the stage of maturity where it is demanding to know what really happened. Charter Royal covers the story of the Chartered Company from the Rudd Concession to the outbreak of the Matabele War. All the great men of Rhodesia's past- Rhodes himself, Jameson, Johnson, Selous, Heany, Borrow- move through its pages, not as cardboard heroes but in all the fulness of their complex personalities.
Published	1970
Other information	Used, good condition.