Leopold II: Butcher of the Congo
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 Leopold II: Butcher of the Congo (A Wicked History)
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Leopold II was king of the Belgians. But that wasn't enough for his outsized ego. He wanted a colony - and he found it in Africa, along the Congo River. For nearly two decades, the king's lies fooled the world. It would take a heroic effort to uncover the evil secrets of Leopold's Congo.
The wicked ways of some of the most ruthless rulers to walk the earth are revealed in these thrilling biographies (A Wicked History) about men and women so monstrous, they make Frankenstein look like a sweetheart.
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