Zimbabwe, A Simple History

by Mark Igoe, Paul Hubbard

This is the story of Zimbabwe from the Stone Age to the present, told in a light but entertaining way by the country’s first guide writer and its first archaeologist guide. Illustrated by both photos and line drawings it also describes the location of all the major historical and archaeological sites. This is an update of a highly successful hard copy guide first published over 20 years ago.

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 23, 2012

About the author

Mark Igoe was an occasional contributor to travel, political and historical publications before writing his first book, a guide to Zimbabwe, with his wife, Hazel in the early 1980s. This was the first guide to the newly independent country, and was followed by several other regional guides, a short history and the historical fiction Rivers of Good Portent. ("...a delicious tale, deliciously told", Jayne Southern, Goodreads),
In the 1990 he worked on a number of books for Cadogan Guides in London, which included co-authoring of the best selling Buying a Property in France. Since then he has added more books on France, Africa and Norfolk, England (“no better way to enjoy a virtual tour of God's Own County than in his affable and intelligent compan” - Simon Knott, Norfolk Church site) where they now live. He has 8 e-books available through Goodreads, most recently a short history of Zimbabwe at the request of and in conjunction with that country’s premier archaeologist guide, and an historical introduction to the Zambezi River.