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Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

Tim Jeal

Tim Jeal revisits Henry Morton Stanley's workhouse childhood, African expeditions, Congo work, and contested legacy through archival evidence and attention to those who traveled with him.

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19 parts, about 41 minutes to read.

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Author
Tim Jeal
Parts
19 parts
Reading time
about 41 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Summary19 min
  2. A Banquet in Paris1 min
  3. After the Slave Raids1 min
  4. Who Stole the Congo?1 min
  5. A Pawn in Great Power Politics1 min
  6. A Kind of Innocence2 min
  7. Why Rescue Emin Pasha?2 min
  8. A Fateful Decision1 min
  9. The Enigma of Emin Pasha1 min
  10. Evil Hangs over this Forest1 min
  11. Keeping Emin Pasha’s Secret1 min
  12. The Shape of Things to Come1 min
  13. Dorothy’s Other Love1 min
  14. Was the Emin Pasha Expedition Piratical?1 min
  15. Africa or a Child1 min
  16. An End to Noble Objects2 min
  17. Stanley, Leopold and the Atrocities2 min
  18. Before It Is Too Late1 min
  19. Afterword1 min

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