Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer - Couverture rigide

Jeal, Tim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300126255 ISBN 13 : 9780300126259

Editeur : Yale Univ Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Jeal Tim

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Tim Jeal is the author of Livingstone, selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review and one of the 'Best and Brightest of the Year' by the Washington Post Book World. His Baden-Powell was described in the Literary Review as 'one of the most important biographies of recent years'. His memoir, Swimming with my Father, was published by Faber in 2004 to rapturous critical acclaim. He is also a novelist and a former winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yale Univ Pr
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0300126255
• ISBN 13: 9780300126259
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 570