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Edward Paice was a History Scholar at Cambridge and winner of the Leman prize. After a decade working in the City he spent four years living and writing in East Africa, and was the author of the first guidebook to newly independent Eritrea. His acclaimed biography Lost Lion of Empire: The Life of 'Cape-to-Cairo' Grogan, nominated by The Week as 'Best Newcomer', was published in 2001. He was awarded a Visiting Fellowship by Magdalene College, Cambridge in 2003-4 and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is married and lives near Tonbridge, Kent.
'Superb ... Meticulously researched and written with tremendous lucidity and brio' -- William Boyd, Sunday Times 'The definitive history of that war ... Minutely detailed yet entirely engrossing' * Sunday Telegraph * 'A masterful, damning, definitive account' * Daily Mail * 'A very well researched and well written account of that extraordinary and fascinating sideshow of the First World War, the Anglo-German war in Africa' -- Antony Beevor 'Gripping ... I wholeheartedly recommend this fascinating book' * Daily Telegraph * 'Exhaustively researched, well written and admirably balanced' * Literary Review * 'Engrossing ... A story of the nightmare shaped by European fantasies and lethally visited on African societies' * Guardian * 'Extraordinary, admirably researched history ... As a feat of synthesis and co-ordination of sources, Tip and Run is amazing' * Spectator * 'Very well written and researched, and, with a wealth of detail and good maps, it is certainly a good read' * BBC History. * 'A superb account that is as moving as it is incisive ... Tip and Run is a magnificent achievement' * Irish Times. *
