King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa - Brossura

Hochschild, Adam

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1447211359 ISBN 13: 9781447211358

Casa editrice: Pan Macmillan, 2012

Riassunto

WINNER OF THE 1999 DUFF COOPER PRIZE. 'Brilliant .. this book must be read and re-read' Neal Ascherson'. 'A hundred years ago, enlightened people in the western world were outraged by a holocaust in Africa which left millions dead. Denunciations thundered from speaker's platforms around the US and Europe. One open letter to The Times was signed by 11 peers, 19 bishops and 75 MPs. Viscount Grey, Britain's foreign secretary, declared that no overseas issue had so intensely aroused the British public for 30 years. Conan Doyle wrote a pamphlet on the Congo atrocities which sold 25,000 copies in the first week alone. Yet today not one person in a thousand could say what the fuss was all about, unless, of course, they have read this amazing book.' Tariq Ali, Financial Times 'Fascinating ... brilliant and gripping' Mail on Sunday 'An exemplary piece of history writing: urgent, vivid and compelling' Literary Review

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

A riveting and highly readable account of the Congo massacre, peopled by callous monarchs, corrupt adventurers and a handful of genuine heroes.

L'autore:

Adam Hochschild teaches writing at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco with his wife. His most recent book, Bury the Chains, was published to great acclaim by Macmillan in 2005 and will be available in Pan paperback in early 2006.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pan Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1447211359
• ISBN 13: 9781447211358
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400