Stanley, the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal
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Stanley, the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer, Tim Jeal
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 478-487) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Stanley
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
154689070
Responsibility statement
Tim Jeal
Sub title
the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer
Table Of 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.'
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- Stanley, Henry M., Henry Morton, 1841-1904
- Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887-1889
- Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Discovery and exploration
- Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, 1855-1926
- II, Léopold, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
- Africa, Central -- History -- 1884-1960
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- Stanley, Henry M., Henry Morton, 1841-1904
- Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887-1889
- Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Discovery and exploration
- Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, 1855-1926
- II, Léopold, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
- Africa, Central -- History -- 1884-1960
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