King Leopold’s Ghost — 25th Anniversary Edition

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 and New York Times Notable Book, King Leopold’s Ghost recounts the brutal plundering of the Congo River territory by King Leopold II of Belgium in the late nineteenth century. In his pursuit of wealth and power, Leopold decimated the population by an estimated ten million while cultivating a facade of humanitarianism.

Beyond the horrors, the book highlights the courage of African rebel leaders who resisted against impossible odds, as well as missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who bore witness to the atrocities and became part of the first great human rights movement of the twentieth century. Hochschild’s account is a gripping, deeply moving narrative of greed, exploitation, and moral courage.

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