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Stanley, the making of an African explorer by Frank McLynn

Stanley, the making of an African explorer

Frank McLynn
411 pages
Constable
Jan 1989
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Behind the public man, one of the most fascinating late Victorian adventurers and probably the greatest of African explorers, lay a disturbed personality. A pathological liar with sadomasochistic tendencies, Stanley's achievements exacted a high human cost.
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