Foreign Correspondent Richard Brady arrives in Africa to report on a nationalist insurgency that has gripped a once-beautiful country. An innocent newcomer, he struggles to stay neutral in a bitter war waged with terror and atrocity by both sides.

He is soon drawn to Patience, a young township teacher with a fast tongue and a sharp wit. Their affair is tested when Brady discovers that his lover is recruiting her students to join the guerrillas and helping smuggle them across the border.

Lost in love, torn between the nationalist cause and an embattled white regime and with the war closing in on all sides, Richard faces the ultimate challenge. Can he keep the woman he loves in a world at war?

About the Author

James MacManus is the managing director of the Times Literary Supplement. After studying at St Andrews University, he began his career in journalism at The Daily Express in Manchester. Joining The Guardian as a reporter in the 70s, James went on to become a foreign correspondent in France, Africa and Middle East. James's first book, Ocean Devil: The Life and Legend of George Hogg, was made into a film starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He has published several books since then to great acclaim, including On the Broken Shore, Black Venus, Sleep in Peace Tonight, and Midnight in Berlin. James has three children and lives in Dulwich, London. Love in a Lost Land is his eighth book.

Reviews

'There are echoes of Hemingway in this intensely atmospheric story of a foreign correspondent covering an African war... a novel that is both authentic and ultimately uplifting. A truly memorable read.'

-- Jane Thynne, Novelist

'A compelling love story against a backdrop of betrayal and brutality... a time and place MacManus can bring to life like few others.'

-- Alexandra Shulman CBE, former Editor-in-Chief, British Vogue

'Frederick Forsyth meets Graham Greene with a touch of Romeo and Juliet.'

-- Sally Emerson, Novelist

'The historical events that inspire this book are now all but forgotten but they make for a terrific story. And as a terrific storyteller with deep personal experience of what he describes, James MacManus is the perfect man to tell it. Lost causes, lost loves, passion, redemption and hope. They are all here in another wonderful MacManus novel.'

-- Patrick Bishop

'James MacManus's knowledge of Africa is extraordinarily acute - the land, the people, so well described, and the story, told through the eyes of Brady, is wonderfully immediate and real. He writes so well, is so incredibly observant, and the characters are fascinating. I was utterly gripped from first page to last.'

-- Selina Hastings

'Written with verve and economy, this fast-paced, atmospheric story pits true love against professional integrity amid surroundings of breathtaking grandeur.'

-- Daily Mail

'This is a wonderfully evocative tale, not to be missed.'

* The Sun *



Book Information
ISBN 9781915635419
Author James MacManus
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Whitefox Publishing Ltd
Publisher Whitefox Publishing Ltd