Leopold II Of The Belgians King of Colonialism By Barbara Emerson

1979 Hardcover, 1st Edition

Dust Jacket

St Martins Press

Very Good condition

Biography

Leopold II of the Belgians by Barbara Emerson is a 1979 biography of the Belgian king, focusing on his reign and his controversial role in the colonization and brutal exploitation of the Congo Free State, which he ruled as a personal fiefdom. The book details how he acquired the territory during the "Scramble for Africa" and the subsequent atrocities that led to the Belgian government taking control of the colony in 1908.