King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Freedom in Colonial Africa
Author(s): Adam Hochschild
In "an enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulation, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor" ("Christian Science Monitor"), Hochschild tells the story of King Leopold of Belgium, a megalomaniac of monstrous portions. 31 photos. Map.
Product Information
Winner of Duff Cooper Memorial Prize 2000 and Lionel Gelber Prize 1999.
General Fields
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- : Houghton Mifflin
- : Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
- : 0.489
- : 01 October 1999
- : 226mm X 150mm X 28mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 384
- : 9910
- : paperback
- : Adam Hochschild
