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Murder at Morija - (Reconsiderations in Southern African History) by Tim Couzens (Paperback)

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  • Just before Christmas in 1920, six people sat down to a meal at Morija, headquarters of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society in Basutoland (Lesotho).
  • Author(s): Tim Couzens
  • 496 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Religious
  • Series Name: Reconsiderations in Southern African History

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A compelling, groundbreaking study, Murder at Morija is the outcome of many years of travel and detailed inquiry by its author in pursuit of elusive solutions to complex mysteries.



Book Synopsis



Just before Christmas in 1920, six people sat down to a meal at Morija, headquarters of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society in Basutoland (Lesotho). All six were taken violently ill, and one of them died. They had been poisoned. The dead man was Édouard Jacottet, an eminent scholar and missionary. There was no trial and subsequently no one was ever convicted of the murder.Who killed Jacottet? Drawing on the great tradition of the "locked room" detective story, Tim Couzens sets out, eighty years after the event, to solve the crime. Why was Jacottet killed? The answer lies buried deep in the past and is revealed here -- for the first time -- in a tale of heroism and courage, of sacrifice, deception, betrayal, and faith.

Written and researched with extraordinary care, this is a brilliant piece of detective work, but it is also much more. It is the biography of a deeply committed man, and a history of the Christian mission he served in an isolated African country to whose people and language he devoted his life before it was brutally cut short in strange circumstances. And the story is a national and religious epic, enclosed in a classical tragedy tempered with the sardonic smile of comedy.

A compelling, groundbreaking study, Murder at Morija is the outcome of many years of travel and detailed inquiry by its author in pursuit of elusive solutions to complex mysteries.



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I would thoroughly recommend this book. It has all the ingredients of a superbly told crime novel, with the suspense and false leads and the exhilaration of solving the clues, but it also provides great insights into the history of mission and of Lesotho culture, politics, and society.

--Kevin Ward, University of Leeds
Dimensions (Overall): 8.98 Inches (H) x 6.22 Inches (W) x 1.18 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.49 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 496
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Religious
Series Title: Reconsiderations in Southern African History
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Tim Couzens
Language: English
Street Date: November 14, 2005
TCIN: 94487502
UPC: 9780813925295
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-6064
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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