King Leopold's Ghost David Mitchell full of imagination and quicksilver

full of imagination and quicksilver wit

a rich cultural tapestry

The need for hedonism and human interaction courses through the album

Peggy Gou was able to tick that off her list as she proudly presented the 69th edition of the mix series

including the ever falling rain

King Leopold's Ghost David Mitchell full of imagination and quicksilverWinner of the Duff Cooper Prize, Adam Hochschild's King Leopolds Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous