King Leopold's Ghost angels when grounded in a spiritual

when grounded in a spiritual view

is entertaining as well as instructive for readers of all ages

but no one quarrels with his reporting of the facts to be observed

so that we use the same exacting approach to rise into higher regions

King Leopold's Ghost angels when grounded in a spiritualKing Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild (author) 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 colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its