Leopold I of Belgium
Author : Conte Egon Caesar Corti
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Europe
ISBN :
Author : Conte Egon Caesar Corti
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Europe
ISBN :
Author : Théodore Juste
Publisher :
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Belgium
ISBN :
Author : Adam Hochschild
Publisher : Picador
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1760785202
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
Author : comte Louis de Lichtervelde
Publisher : New York, Century [c1930]
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Belgium
ISBN :
Author : E. Ramón Arango
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 27,75 MB
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1421434687
Originally published in 1963. Between 1945 and 1951, Belgium faced a crisis in political leadership when its ruling monarch, King Leopold III, was accused of violating the Belgian Constitution during World War II. The "question" at hand refers to the uncertainty over whether King Leopold III could return to Belgium as king. Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question documents the history of this political crisis, culminating with the abdication of King Leopold and the assumption of the crown by Baudouin, Leopold's son.
Author : John de Courcy MacDonnell
Publisher :
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Egon Caesar Corti
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781016728492
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Author : Théodore JUSTE
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 36,98 MB
Release : 1868
Category :
ISBN :
Author : conte Egon Caesar Corti
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,31 MB
Release : 1923
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Roger Keyes
Publisher : London : Secker & Warburg
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 37,26 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"Leopold III (born as Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (French) or Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel (Dutch) or Leopold Philipp Karl Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel (German); 3 November 1901? 25 September 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the heir apparent, his son Baudouin."--Wikipedia.