King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (1999, Paperback, Reprint)

I purchased a book from this user a few months ago.the book i purchased was in good condition and sent in timely manner.there were no markings in the book and no folds. I have no complaints with the book i purchased. I would buy from this user again if i ever needed a used book in good condition for a great price.

Book is ok but was written not objectively or with respect to facts but with a "politically correct" view point. Example, only white people can be "evil" people of color always "victims" Thanks Tony Savell

it was long but i learned a lot. it was fast-paced and its definately not a sleeper! i enjoyed what i read and my eyes were opened to an event i was previously unaware of.

great timing- bought it for school- would do business again- book was in great condition- very cheap.

This is my second review on ebay of a book. Although I read this book a few months back I can still say a few things about it that I remember.

First of all, it is filled with a lot of unnecessary details, like a persons clothing, hair color, personal history blah, blah, blah.

Also there are quite a few characters involved, some are pertient to the story and others not pertinent....

With that being said - it could have been a lot more concise. Therefore, theoretically, at least 100 pages could have been ommitted and the reader would have still gotten the main points/story.

Also, it is based on historical fact -or so the author claims - of inhumane atrocities that the colonial European powers inflicted upon Africansin the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Regarding this subject, I believe that the author frequently went into way too much detail.

Thus, explicit details of mutilations, rapes, homosexual acts, killings, shootings, beatings and the like were often over the top and unnecessary

Sometimes, you can get the point across without giving too much information - ya know what I mean?

Nonetheless, the book gets a thumbs up from me. It really makes one think and provides incite into our world of 100 years ago. Finally, it reveals mankind's unfathomable characteristics of hipocracy and greed, and shows how those apsects of a man's heart can lead him to hurt others in ways we don't even want to imagine....

Nuff Said,

MCL