Stanley

Tim Jeal

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 08/03/2007

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

This is the tragic life of the most brilliant adventurer in the great age of exploration. Jeal shows just how misunderstood Stanley's life has been and in so doing provides a timely re-examination of postcolonial guilt, offers new insights into African history and gives a fresh understanding of the nature of exploration.

Publisher's description:

Presents the tragic life of Henry Morton Stanley, the adventurer in the great age of exploration. Rejected by both parents at birth and consigned to a Welsh workhouse, he emigrated to America, fought in the Civil War - on both sides - before becoming a journalist and then an explorer.

ISBN: 9780571221028