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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.

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"'Superb... Tim Jeal's absorbing biography will surely be definitive.' Sunday Telegraph"

Stanley The Impossible Life of Africas Greatest

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 06/03/2008
    ISBN13: 9780571221035, 978-0571221035
    ISBN10: 0571221033
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    Biography Biography: adventurers and explorers True stories of discovery

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    Trade Review
    "'Superb... Tim Jeal's absorbing biography will surely be definitive.' Sunday Telegraph"

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