King Leopold's Ghost - A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (Paperback)

With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver

In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian.

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.

General

Imprint:	Picador
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Picador Classic
Release date:	March 2019
Authors:	Adam Hochschild
Introduction by:	Barbara Kingsolver
Dimensions:	196 x 130 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-5098-8220-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > African history > General Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	1-5098-8220-0
Barcode:	9781509882205

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