Leopold I of Belgium. Secret Pages of European History. With Eight Portraits
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Release : 1923
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Release : 1923
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Author : Egon Caesar CORTI (Count.)
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Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 1923
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 780 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 1970
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Page : 640 pages
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Release : 1980
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Author : Conte Egon Caesar Corti
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Page : 336 pages
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Release : 1923
Category : Europe
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 632 pages
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Release : 1966
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Author : University of California, Berkeley. Library
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Page : 1006 pages
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Release : 1963
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Author : Adam Hochschild
Publisher : Picador
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 23,7 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.
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Page : 1288 pages
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Release : 1967
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Author : Walter M. Hill (Firm)
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Page : 502 pages
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Release : 1899
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