Stanley
Africa's Greatest Explorer
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:6th Mar '08
£14.99
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Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal is a gripping and critically acclaimed biography of the most brilliant and misunderstood adventurer in the great age of exploration.
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.
"'Superb... Tim Jeal's absorbing biography will surely be definitive.' Sunday Telegraph"
ISBN: 9780571221035
Dimensions: 199mm x 125mm x 35mm
Weight: 468g
608 pages
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