Congo The Epic History of a People

Name: Congo The Epic History of a People
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ISBN: 9780062200112

ISBN-10: 0062200119

ISBN-13: 9780062200112

Edition: 2014

Authors: David Van Reybrouck

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Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck’s rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Epic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, David van Reybrouck's Congo: The Epic History of a People traces the fate of one of the world's most critical, failed nation-states, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo.Van Reybrouck takes us through several hundred years of history, bringing some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history.…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/25/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 656
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.56" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English