This tone and attitude are rather pronounced at the beginning which deals with the frivolity of the early days of King Leopold II before he became king, and the delightful chapters on the explorations of Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingston, the duo of the famous “Dr. While it deals with the gruesome realities of the Belgian Congo, there is a sort of contradictory nearly humorous and light tone to some parts of it. This is an informative and entertaining book. They range from the arch enemy “king of the beasts” Leopold II of Belgium, to the saintly Roger Casement and the driving crusader Edmund Morel. The rise and fall of the Belgian Congo is, on his account, dominantly a history driven by exceptional and notable individuals. Typically historical accounts are causal and the dominant causes are large forces – economic trends, necessities of empires and so on. New York: A Mariner Book - Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.įrom the outset this is an unusual history.
Adam Hochschild - KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST By Adam Hochschild.
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