num_pages: 366
description: Pan trade edition paperback new
language: English
title: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
titlecomplete: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
characters: Tippu Tip, Roger Casement, Edmund Dene Morel, George Washington Williams, Leopold II of Belgium, Henry Morton Stanley, Adam Hochschild
genres: Historical, Biography, Politics, European History, Nonfiction, Belgium, World History, History, Race, Africa
ratings_count: 57214
places: Congo Free State, Congo
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Mark Lynton History Prize, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Gold), awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Lionel Gelber Prize, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Duff Cooper Prize
publisher: Pan Books