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Last of the P crates Tke Stmroh for Bmr b-eMrd FPT $23.00 "A fascinating tale: part investigative reporting, part detective story into events that go beyond thriller fiction.” — Frederick Forsyth ) his riveting book gives an account of an intrepid young woman’s eccentric quest, as Samantha Weinberg pursues one of the last of a dying breed: an elusive French mercenary who plied his trade, ruthlessly, throughout the African continent. The Comoros are small specks in the Indian Ocean, four volcanic islands known for their beauty and for ylang-ylang, an exotic flower whose extract is widely used in French per¬ fumes. For many years they were also the home of Bob Denard, who arrived by way of Katanga, the Congo, Yemen, Angola, Biafra, Gabon, and Benin. Once in the Comoros, he overthrew two presidents in three years. In 1989 he, too, was overthrown, and then he rg disappeared. Last of the Pirates is a thrilling story of beau¬ ty, intrigue, cruelty, and murder: a book about an exotic place few of us have ever imagined, and about a murderous, machista culture that aimed to transform it. Last of the Pirates Last of the Pirates The Search for Bob Denard SAMANTHA WEINBERG Pantheon Books MOL New York Copyright © 1994 by Samantha Weinberg All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, in 1994. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weinberg, Samantha, 1966- Last of the pirates: the search for Bob Denard / Samantha Weinberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 0-679-42202-1 1. Denard, Bob, 1929- . 2. Revolutionaries—Comoros—Biography. 3. Mercenary troops—Africa—Biography. 4. Comoros—Politics and government. I. Title. DT469.C7D468 1994 355.3’5—dc20 94-22427 [B] CIP Manufactured in the United States of America First American Edition 987654321 To my grandparents, Lilian and Harold Le Roith, whose unbending confidence and unqualified love has been a constant support to me.
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