King Leopold's Ghost
The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver 'An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel.' -- Christian Science Monitor 'As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.' -- Los Angeles Times Book Review A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the area's population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, King Leopold's Ghost is the horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who defied Leopold: African rebel leaders who fought against hopeless
King Leopold's Ghost
Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tea...
Spain in Our Hearts
From the moment it began in 1936, the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age. Hitler and Mussolini quickly sent aircraft, troops and supplies to the right-wing generals bent on overthrowing Spain's elected government. Millions ...
Bury the Chains
Eighteenth-century Britain was the world's leading centre for the slave trade. Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild, author of the Duff Cooper prize-winning King Leopold's Ghost, charts the history of the moment everything changed. In 1788, the slav...
Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays
In this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozen¿essays¿and pieces of reporting from his long career. Threaded through them all is his concern for social justice and the people who have fought for...
To End All Wars
A brilliant new history of the First World War by the bestselling and prizewinning author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains
American Midnight
National Bestseller * One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfiction A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast Company From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "...
