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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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Stanley The Impossible Life of Africas Greatest

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 6 March 2008
      ISBN-13 9780571221035
      978-0571221035
      ISBN-10 0571221033
      Also in:
      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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