Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal

Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

Tim Jeal

608 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography Henry Morton Stanley, so the tale goes, was a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo. He also conducted...

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