TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Antony AU - Rhodes,Cecil TI - Rhodes SN - 9780563387428 U1 - 920 RHO PY - 1996/// PB - BBC KW - Rhodes KW - Statesmen KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Rhodesia KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Colonies KW - Africa N1 - Bibliography: p.353-355; Includes index N2 - Sent to southern Africa as a sickly 18-year-old in 1871, by the age of 30 Cecil Rhodes was the wealthiest man in the western world. Within ten years, a country almost the size of Europe was named after him - Rhodesia ER -