King Leopold's Ghost : A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa True stories of endurance & survival Pagination: 250 pages

Pagination: 250 pages

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King Leopold's Ghost : A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa True stories of endurance & survival Pagination: 250 pagesAuthor: Hochschild, Adam Congo Published on 7 November 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series. Paperback 416 pages 197 x 130 x 25 286g Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, Adam Hochschild's King Leopolds Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa