Author: Théodore JUSTEPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Memoirs of Leopold I., King of the Belgians ... Authorized translation by R. Black
Author: Théodore JUSTEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Memoirs of Leopold I, King of the Belgians
Author: Théodore JustePublisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Memoirs of Leopold I, King of the Belgians
Author: Théodore JustePublisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
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The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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The Publishers' Circular
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Memoirs of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, from Unpublished Documents
Author: Theodore JustePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Memoirs of Leopold I, King of the Belgians
Author: Théodore JustePublisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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King Leopold's Ghost
Author: Adam HochschildPublisher: Picador
ISBN: 1760785202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
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.
