Emerson, Barbara, 1945-

Leopold II of the Belgians : king of colonialism / by Barbara Emerson. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1979. - viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

With hard- and supercovor.

Index: pp. 313-324.

Cont.: L'union fait la force -- Duke of Brabant -- The colonialists -- La politique de Pourboires -- 1870 -- In memoriam -- Ecce homo -- First steps towards Africa -- Henry Morton Stanley -- The race for the Congo -- The diplomats take over -- The conference of Berlin -- King of the Belgians -- The age of democracy -- Sovereign of the Congo Free State -- Emin Pasha -- The marage of the Nile -- The new frontiers -- Katanga -- Fashoda revisited -- Morocco and other enterprises -- The celestial empire -- The age of autocracy -- The English attack -- A man alone -- An old man: a new century.

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Léopold II King of the Belgians, 1835-1909


Belgium--Kings and rulers--Biography
Belgium--History--Leopold II, 1865-1909