Revisionist Exploration Biography
Stanley : Africa's Greatest Explorer
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa.
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About the book
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.
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Published by Faber & Faber
