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An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel. -- Christian Science Monitor As Hochschilds brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review 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. Ultimately slashing the areas population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, King Leopolds Ghost is the horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who defied Leopold: African rebel leaders who fought against hopeless odds and a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure but unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust and participants in the twentieth centurys first great human rights movement. A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A New York Times Notable BookAbout the AuthorADAM HOCHSCHILD is the best-selling author of seven books. King Leopolds Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was his recent To End All Wars. Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the PEN Center USA Literary Award.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Mariner Books
