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

Jeal, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0300142234 ISBN 13 : 9780300142235

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Stanley "A magnificent new life . . . [and] a superb adventure story. . . . There have been many biographies of Stanley, but Jeal's is the most felicitous, the best informed, the most complete and readable and exhaustive, profiting from his access to an immense new trove of Stanley material." -- Paul Theroux, front page, "New York Times Book Review" Henry Morton Stanley, so the tale goes, was a cruel impe... Full description

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 University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0300142234
• ISBN 13: 9780300142235
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608