King Leopold's Ghost

图书标准信息

• 作者 Adam Hochschild 著
• 出版社 PAN
• 出版时间 2012-02
• ISBN 9781447211358
• 定价 112.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 356页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Ahundredyearsago,enlightenedpeopleinthewesternworldwereoutragedbyaholocaustinAfricawhichleftmillionsdead.Denunciationsthunderedfromspeaker'splatformsaroundtheUSandEurope.OneopenlettertoTheTimeswassignedby11peers,19bishopsand75MPs.ViscountGrey,Britain'sforeignsecretary,declaredthatnooverseasissuehadsointenselyarousedtheBritishpublicfor30years.ConanDoylewroteapamphletontheCongoatrocitieswhichsold25,000copiesinthefirstweekalone.Yettodaynotonepersoninathousandcouldsaywhatthefusswasallabout,unless,ofcourse,theyhavereadthisamazingbook.