| Description |
xiii, 7 unnumbered pages, 570 pages, [16 pages] of plates : illustrations (chiefly black and white), portraits, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
First published in the U.K. by Faber and Faber Ltd. -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-487) and index. |
| Note |
Maps : The search for Livingstone, 1871-1872 ; The great Trans-Africa journey, 1874-1877; and Emin Pasha relief expedition, 1887-1889. |
| Contents |
Dreams of love and freedom -- In the name of the father -- A terrible freedom -- An accident-prone apprenticeship -- War correspondent -- How are we to be married? -- The long-imagined quest -- 'I cannot die!' -- Canonizing Dr Livingstone -- 'Fame is useless to me' -- A destiny resumed -- Love and the longest journey -- The island of death -- 'The great struggle with this mystery' -- 'I hate evil and love good' -- A colony for a king -- A banquet in Paris -- After the slave raids -- Who stole the Congo? -- A pawn in great power politics -- 'A king of innocence' -- Why rescue Emin Pasha? -- A fateful decision -- The enigma of Emin Pasha -- 'Evil hangs over this forest...' -- Keeping Emin Pasha's secret -- The shape of things to come... -- Dorothy's other love -- Was the Emin Pasha expedition piratical? -- Africa or a child -- An end to 'noble objects' -- Stanley, Leopold and the atrocities -- 'Before it is too late.' |
| Subject |
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904.
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Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
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Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.
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Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, 1855-1926.
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Emin Pasha, 1840-1892.
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Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)
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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Discovery and exploration.
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Africa, Central -- History -- 1884-1960.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780300126259 |
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0300126255 |
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