Stanley - The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer

Informationen zum Autor Tim Jeal Klappentext 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. 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. Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal is a gripping and critically acclaimed biography of the most brilliant and misunderstood adventurer in the great age of exploration. Zusammenfassung 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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Jeal, Jeal Tim
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9780571221035
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22103-5
• No. of pages: 570
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 37 mm
• Series: Faber & Faber Paperbacks; Faber & Faber Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Stanley, Henry Morton, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, TRAVEL / Africa / General, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, Geographical discovery and exploration, True stories of discovery, Englishmen; Exploration; Pioneers, Biography: adventurers and explorers