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Oct 1, 1999 · 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. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who fought Leopold: a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure and ...
- 1998
- Adam Hochschild
Mar 3, 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.
Sep 21, 1998 · King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Adam Hochschild. 4.17. 60,091 ratings3,946 reviews. In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River.
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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
Sep 3, 1999 · King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa - Kindle edition by Hochschild, Adam, Kingsolver, Barbara. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.
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Mar 3, 2020 · $19.99. eBook. $15.99. View All Available Formats & Editions. Learn more. SHIP THIS ITEM. Qualifies for Free Shipping. Instant Purchase. PICK UP IN STORE. Check Availability at Nearby Stores. Overview. The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver. "An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel."
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May 2, 2019 · Adam Hochschild. Pan Macmillan, May 2, 2019 - History - 400 pages. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and...
