Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer /: the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tim Jeal.
• Authors: Jeal, Tim
• Contents: Dreams of love and freedom -- In the name of the father -- A terrible freedom -- An accident-prone apprenticeship -- War correspondent -- How are we to be married? -- The long-imagined quest -- 'I cannot die!' -- Canonizing Dr Livingstone -- 'Fame is useless to me' -- A destiny resumed -- Love and the longest journey -- The island of death -- 'The great struggle with this mystery' -- 'I hate evil and love good' -- A colony for a king -- A banquet in Paris -- After the slave raids -- Who stole the Congo? -- A pawn in great power politics -- 'A king of innocence' -- Why rescue Emin Pasha? -- A fateful decision -- The enigma of Emin Pasha -- 'Evil hangs over this forest ... ' -- Keeping Emin Pasha's secret -- The shape of things to come ... -- Dorothy's other love -- Was the Emin Pasha expedition piratical? -- Africa or a child -- An end to 'noble objects' -- Stanley, Leopold and the atrocities -- 'Before it is too late.'
• Publisher Details: London : Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (Black and white, and colour), maps
• Subjects: 916.70423092; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Explorers -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Biography; Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900; Discoveries in geography; Explorers; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Discovery and exploration; Afrique subsaharienne -- Découverte et exploration; Sub-Saharan Africa; Great Britain; Biography; Biographies; Biographies; Biographies; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780571265640; 0571265642
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.