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King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa

Chronicles the life of King Leopold II of Belgium and discusses how he plundered the Congo, how his people tried to overthrow him, and other related topics
Print Book, English, 2020
Second Mariner Books edition View all formats and editions
HarperCollins Publishers, Boston, 2020
Biography
xiii, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
9780358212508, 0358212502
1105149367
Prologue: "The traders area kidnapping our people"
Part I: Walking into fire. "I shall not give up the chase" ; The fox crosses the stream ; The magnificent cake ; "The treaties must grant us everything" ; From Florida to Berlin ; Under the Yacht Club flag ; The first heretic ; Where there aren't no Ten Commandments ; Meeting Mr. Kurtz ; The wood that weeps ; A secret society of murderers
Part II: A King at bay. David and Goliath ; Breaking into the thieves' kitchen ; To flood his deeds with day ; A reckoning ; "Journalists won't give you recipes" ; No man is a stranger ; Victory? ; The Great Forgetting
A personal afterword
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