Name: The Crime of the Congo
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Author: Meechan, Jordan ; Doyle, Arthur Conan
ISBN: 9781505622492

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

English

Pages

162

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781505622492

Synopsis "The Crime of the Congo"

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote many novels and works of nonfiction, including the immortal tales of Sherlock Holmes. His interests, also, were broad-ranging. Conan Doyle became outraged upon learning of the abuses of human life that were committed as a result of Belgian King Leopold II's efforts to conquer and strip the Congo of its natural resources. In little more than a week in 1909, he documented the human rights abuses in The Crime of the Congo. It is considered "the most powerful indictment yet launched against the Belgian rulers of this bloodstained colony. After reviewing the early history of the Congo Free State Sir Arthur quotes the testimony of many unimpeachable witnesses regarding the brutalities of the 'rubber system' and the coldblooded mutilation and massacre of natives during the past fifteen years."

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (UK 1859-1930) Escritor y médico nacido en Escocia, principalmente conocido por haber creado al famosísimo personaje Sherlock Holmes, el detective más conocido de todos los tiempos, versionado para TV y cine de forma cíclica. Otra gran serie de novelas confeccionadas por Doyle fueron las protagonizadas por el profesor Challenger (El Mundo Perdido), también trasladadas a la ficción audiovisual.

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