The Shattered Jewel (Signed)

Softcover. English. Stan Fynes-Clinton, Harare. 2010. ISBN: 9780797448506. 183pp with some illustrations.

Good condition in wraps.

Stan Fynes-Clinton is of 1820 settler stock on his mothers side, and was born in Salisbury. On leaving school in 1955, he joined the Native Affairs Department, later to become the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and rose to the position of District Commissioner in 1967. During his twenty-five years service in the ministry he was posted to fifteen districts throughout Southern Rhodesia/Rhodesia and made a close study of African customs. After independence in 1980, interference by politicians made his position untenable, resulting in his resignation from the ministry in January 1981. The recent serious economic decline in Zimbabwe has forced him to continue working at a time when his expectation had been to enjoy the security and peace of retirement. Book No: 2501567