by Adam Hochschild · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499429441
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In the transition from the 19th to the 20th century, as European powers divided Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal looting of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Despite reducing the population of the area by ten million people, he cunningly cultivated his reputation as a humanitarian. 'King Leopold's Ghost' is a horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions and a moving portrait of those who challenged Leopold: African rebel leaders and brave missionaries who witnessed a holocaust and participated in the first movement of the 20th century in favor of human rights.
Adam Hochschild is an American author, journalist, historian and lecturer. His best-known works include King Leopold's Ghost (1998), To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918 (2011), Bury the Chains (2005), The Mirror at Midnight (1990), The Unquiet Ghost (1994), and Spain in Our Hearts (2016).
