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

The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." Christian Science Monitor As Hochschilds brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread. Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book In the late nineteenth century,as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the areas population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, King Leopolds Ghost is t