Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Henry Morton Stanley is Britain's greatest land explorer of all time. Yet today he is remembered as a cruel imperialist in Africa, and as an American journalist who said, "Dr Livingstone, I presume".
In this compelling biography, Tim Jeal reveals the truth about Stanley and shows how the Welsh-born workhouse boy has been misrepresented in previous accounts of his life. Drawing on thousands of new documents, Jean vividly recreates the drama, suffering and courage of Stanley's three great journeys that solved the mystery of the source of the Nile and the Congo. Then he movingly unveils a figure far more tragic, generous-hearted and chameleon-like than had ever been suspected.
Soft cover, very good condition.