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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998) is a best-selling popular history book by Adam Hochschild that explores the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium between 1885 and 1908, as well as the large-scale atrocities committed during that period. [1]
- Adam Hochschild
- 1998
1 ott 1999 · Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad.
- 1998
- Adam Hochschild
21 set 1998 · King Leopold's Ghost is the haunting account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions, a man as cunning, charming, and cruel as any of the great Shakespearean villains.
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- Kindle Edition
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book. In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried...
- 0547525737, 9780547525730
- Adam Hochschild
- HarperCollins, 1999
3 mar 2020 · A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book. In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River.
King Leopold is a monstrous figure who combined the cruel with the charming. He cleverly manipulated his image and developed a reputation as a great humanitarian amid the...
In King Leopold's Ghost, author Adam Hochschild introduces us to a group of missionaries and idealists who, upon their arrival in Africa, found themselves in the middle of a horrifying holocaust. Their courage to stand against Leopold shines a light on this often overlooked chapter of history.
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