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A Lodge in the Wilderness by John Buchan

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A Lodge in the Wilderness
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Publisher: W. Blackwood and Sons
ISBN/ASIN: B005GE8RAK
Number of pages: 437

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A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906) is a quasi-novel about an imaginary conference arranged by a multi-millionaire, Francis Carey, at a lodge, Musuru, located on the East Kenyan Plateau some 9000 feet above sea level, to discuss Empire. The conference is made up of nine men and nine women, taken from the upper and professional classes...

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