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King Leopold's Ghost : A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (1999, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100618001905
ISBN-139780618001903
eBay Product ID (ePID)978053
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Book TitleKing Leopold's Ghost : a Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSlavery, Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology / General, Africa / General, Human Rights, Indigenous Studies, Africa / Central, World / African
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, History
AuthorAdam Hochschild
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-016813
ReviewsCarefully researched and vigorously told, King Leopold's Ghost does what good history always does -- expands the memory of the human race., An enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulations, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor . . .A work of history that reads like a novel., "An enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulations, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." --Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread." --Neal Ascherson, Los Angeles Times "A vivid, novelistic narrative that makes the reader acutely aware of the magnitude of the horror perpetrated by King Leopold and his minions." --The New York Times " King Leopold's Ghost is a remarkable achievement, hugely satisfying on many levels. It overwhelmed me in the way Heart of Darkness did when I first read it--and for precisely the same reasons: as a revelation of the horror that had been hidden in the Congo." --Paul Theroux "Carefully researched and vigorously told, King Leopold's Ghost does what good history always does--expands the memory of the human race." --The Houston Chronicle, "An enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulations, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor . . .A work of history that reads like a novel." Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread."--Neal Ascherson The Los Angeles Times "A vivid, novelistic narrative that makes the reader acutely aware of the magnitude of the horror perpetrated by King Leopold and his minions." The New York Times "King Leopold's Ghost is a remarkable achievement, hugely satisfying on many levels. It overwhelmed me in the way Heart of Darkness did when I first read it-and for precisely the same reasons: as a revelation of the horror that had been hidden in the Congo." -- Paul Theroux "Carefully researched and vigorously told, King Leopold's Ghost does what good history always does -- expands the memory of the human race." The Houston Chronicle, "King Leopold's Ghost is a remarkable achievement, hugely satisfying on many levels. It overwhelmed me in the way Heart of Darkness did when I first read itand for precisely the same reasons: as a revelation of the horror that had been hidden in the Congo." -- Paul Theroux, "An enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulations, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor . . .A work of history that reads like a novel." Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread."--Neal Ascherson The Los Angeles Times "A vivid, novelistic narrative that makes the reader acutely aware of the magnitude of the horror perpetrated by King Leopold and his minions." The New York Times "King Leopold's Ghost is a remarkable achievement, hugely satisfying on many levels. It overwhelmed me in the way Heart of Darkness did when I first read it--and for precisely the same reasons: as a revelation of the horror that had been hidden in the Congo." -- Paul Theroux "Carefully researched and vigorously told, King Leopold's Ghost does what good history always does -- expands the memory of the human race." The Houston Chronicle, "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread."--Neal Ascherson, A vivid, novelistic narrative that makes the reader acutely aware of the magnitude of the horror perpetrated by King Leopold and his minions., "An enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulations, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor . . .A work of history that reads like a novel." Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread."--Neal Ascherson The Los Angeles Times "A vivid, novelistic narrative that makes the reader acutely aware of the magnitude of the horror perpetrated by King Leopold and his minions." The New York Times "King Leopold's Ghost is a remarkable achievement, hugely satisfying on many levels. It overwhelmed me in the way Heart of Darkness did when I first read it—and for precisely the same reasons: as a revelation of the horror that had been hidden in the Congo." -- Paul Theroux "Carefully researched and vigorously told, King Leopold's Ghost does what good history always does -- expands the memory of the human race." The Houston Chronicle
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal967.5/102
SynopsisIn 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. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the twentieth century, in which everyone from Mark Twain to the Archbishop of Canterbury participated. 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 unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust. Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II. With great power and compassion, King Leopold's Ghost will brand the tragedy of the Congo--too long forgotten--onto the conscience of the West.
LC Classification NumberDT655
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- 26 Jan, 2016
One of history 's worst mass murderers.
Astounding tale of greed, cruelty and unbridled racism by a colonial tyrant who ruled Belgium and created the Belgian Congo as his own piggy bank. Phenomenallyrics well researched historical indictment of a bloodthirsty killer who easily joins the ranks of Hitler and Stalin. Only worse. An unputdownable history lesson, of human list for power and money, and the crimes committed under colonialism and the Scramble for Africa.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Nov, 2022
great Book. well written on a forgotten subject.
Book itself in "new" condition. Subject matter well presented. Have been looking for a book on this subject for several years, Most informative!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Jul, 2016
Compelling Tale of the Congo
This is a must read for any history buff. A tale of European hubris and brutality on a grand scale. King Leopolds's Congo was the source material for Conrad's "Heart of Darkness. Fiction could nor truly describe the horrors indigenous tribes endured under the brutal reign of Leopold's henchmen. Hitler doesn't have a thing on this Belgian king.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Sep, 2020
Text book style
It was a good book but I was not in the mood to study history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Jan, 2020
Leopold’s Ghost
Extremely interesting book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Jul, 2019
King's Ghost
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- 04 Jul, 2018
Great History
Very good coverage of this historyVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Sep, 2018
Enlightening
Important historical perspective. Sad, the depravity of humankind.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Jan, 2017
Excellent reading.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 May, 2024
Great book.
Great book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
