Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix 3
FURTHER INFORMATION
BOOKS
Madagascar'shistoricallinkswithBritainandthecurrentinterestinitsnaturalhis-
tory and culture have produced a century of excellent books written in English. This biblio-
graphy is a selection of my favourites in each category. Note that many are out of print but
may be found second-hand.
General: history, the country, the people
Allen,PM&CovellM
HistoricalDictionaryofMadagascar
Scarecrow,US2005(2nded).
Apricey(£59)butverycomprehensivedictionaryofimportantpeopleandeventsinMad-
agascar's political, economic, social & cultural history from early times to present day.
Bradt, H
Madagascar
(World Bibliographical Series) Clio (UK); ABC (US) 1992. An an-
notatedselectionofnearly400titlesonMadagascar,fromtheclassicearlyworkstothose
published in the early 1990s.
Brown, M A
History of Madagascar
D Tunnacliffe, UK 1996. The most accurate, compre-
hensive and readable of the histories, brought completely up to date by Britain's foremost
expert on the subject.
Clifford, B
Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd
HarperCollins 2003.
The story of Captain Kidd and the author's expedition to search for his ship, the
Adven-
ture Galley
.
Covell, M
Madagascar: Politics, Economics and Society
(Marxist Regimes series) Frances
Pinter, UK 1987. An interesting look at Madagascar's Marxist past.
Croft-Cooke, R
The Blood-Red Island
Staples, UK 1953. A racy and engaging account of a
somewhat unconventional officer's adventures during British occupation in 1942.
Crook,S
DistantShores:byTraditionalCanoefromAsiatoMadagascar
ImpactBooks,UK
1990. The story of the 4,000-mile Sarimanok Expedition by outrigger canoe from Bali to
Madagascar. An interesting account of an eventful and historically important journey.
Dodwell, C
Madagascar Travels
Hodder & Stoughton, UK 1995. An account of a journey
through Madagascar's most remote regions by one of Britain's leading travel writers.
