Description
| Product ID: | 9780571221035 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Stanley |
| Subtitle: | Africa's Greatest Explorer |
| Authors: | Author: Tim Jeal |
| Page Count: | 608 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Geographical discovery and exploration, Expeditions: popular accounts, Geographical discovery & exploration, Expeditions, Sub-Saharan Africa, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-03-06 |