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CECIL RHODES
(1853 - 1902)
BUSINESSMAN -
STATESMAN
Cover
postmarked Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, 14 November 1940.
Rhodes
acquired a fortune in the Kimberley diamond mine. He surrounded
himself
with muscular, handsome, young male companions, who were
forbidden
to marry. They were called his secretaries and bodyguards, but
in
truth were neither.
Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983
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