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Publishing Language
English
ISBN
0571221033
EAN
9780571221035
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Release Title
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
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Tim Jeal
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Publication Year
2008
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer
Item Height
200 mm
Author
Tim Jeal
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Item Width
127 mm
Item Weight
465 g
Number of Pages
608 Pages

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Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa - who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Rejected by both parents at birth and consigned to a Welsh workhouse, he emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War - on both side - before becoming a journalist and then an explorer. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. His journey down the Congo to the Atlantic is a heart-breaking epic of human endurance. It alone qualifies him as Africa's greatest explorer. He also conducted the most legendary celebrity interview in history, remembered in the words, 'Doctor Livingstone, I Presume?' Now, with abundant new documentary evidence, Jeal provides a timely re-examination of post-colonial guilt, new insights into African history, and a fresh understanding of the nature of exploration. Few biographies can claim so thoroughly to reappraise a reputation, or to be as moving, or as truly majestic.

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Faber & Faber
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9780571221035
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Book Title
Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer
Author
Tim Jeal
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
608 Pages

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200 mm
Item Width
127 mm
Item Weight
465 g

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