Stanley

£9.99

Henry Morton Stanley is arguably Britain’s greatest land explorer of all time. His character though, is held in an entirely different regard - today he is remembered as a cruel imperialist in Africa, and as an American Journalist who said: “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”.

In this compelling biography, Tim Jeal reveals the truth about Stanley and shows how the Welsh-born workhouse boy has been misrepresented in previous accounts of his life. Drawing on thousands of new documents, Jeal vividly recreates the drama, suffering and courage of Stanley’s three great journeys that solved the mystery of the sources of the Nile and the Congo.

Through this superb tome Jeal movingly unveils a figure far more tragic, generous-hearted and chameleon-like than had ever been suspected.