Author: MCLYNN, FRANK.
Title: Stanley: Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Description: London: Constable, 1991. 0094702209. 1st edition. Second volume of Frank McLynn's biography of Henry Morton Stanley, covering the years 1877-1904. "The author does not diminish Stanley's greatness but points up the dark side of the man and shows up the moral gulf that opened up between the heir of Livingstone and the tawdry apologist for Leopold's Congo atrocities." Pp.xii/499, 8 pages of black and white photos and illustrations, maps to endpapers, top edge has spot stain affecting the top edge of the illustration pages. Grey cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed. G+/VG.

Keywords: Frank Mclynn Henry Morton Stanley Sorcerers Apprentice King Leopold II Belgians Africa Congo Emin Pasha Relief Expedition Ituri Atrocities Biography 38128 General Biography


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