{"product_id":"ultimatum-landeg-white-9781910836910","title":"Ultimatum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJanuary, 1890 - Britain threatens Portugal with an Ultimatum: Abandon south-east Africa or face a naval bombardment of Lisbon. \u003cbr\u003eThree centuries earlier, the poet Luís de Camões described the region at issue -\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehold the lake which is the Nile's source.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e And the green Zambezi, too, begins its course.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther upstream, the river becomes serpentine, twisting itself into a vast swamp, known to Europeans as Elephant Marsh, choked with papyrus, monstrous baobabs, and marabou storks like coffins. Every mud bank has a gang of crocodiles, the air thick with mosquitoes and the nearest horizon a tousled fringe of swamp palms. Could the European Powers go to War over such a Wilderness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Landeg White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910836915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910836910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinnamon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.55d","brand":"Landeg White","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486275645695,"sku":"9781910836910","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a00baf9a-004a-43d9-94c0-a7edf0b5bc29.jpg?v=1778054678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ultimatum-landeg-white-9781910836910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}