My kingdom for a book!

[Plynkes]

I wouldn't recommend that if, as you say, you want some thrilling Pulp action. It's Literature*, and about as far from Pulp as you can get. A dark psychological journey, but not exactly a bundle of fun.




*So if you read it, you have to write an essay about it after. That's the rules.

[Dr. The Viking]

I wouldn't recommend that if, as you say, you want some thrilling Pulp action. It's Literature*, and about as far from Pulp as you can get. A dark psychological journey, but not exactly a bundle of fun.

*So if you read it, you have to write an essay about it after. That's the rules.

My emphasis was not on pulp actually. More on Belgian Congo. But I failed to purvey that message. 

[cdr]

You might also look for information (probably easily available in Danmark ) on Danish officers like Fredrik Valdemar Olsen in the Force Publique (Olsen ended up as a rather successfull general during World War One.

hope this helps

Carl

[workerBee]

<snip>Olsen ended up as a rather successfull general during World War One.

<snip>l

Now there are words you don't often see used together.

Gracias,

Glenn

[janner]

My emphasis was not on pulp actually. More on Belgian Congo. But I failed to purvey that message. 

Looking forward to this one 

[Bugsda]

Dark Safari by John Bierman, a biography of H M Stanley, excellent read.

I got it off've Steve Dean, buckshee so it didn't cost me a bean.

How's that for poetry? 

[Dr. The Viking]

I must confess that after reading about Stanley I'm quite disillusioned!

I don't know if the book stands the 'historians test' (nothing seems to do I htink...) but at least I enjoy reading Adam Horschild's 'Leopold's Ghost'. Harrowing!

In Heart of Darkness on the other hand is one slow and cumbersome experience... almost rambling! 

[n815e]

Loads of primary sources for free as e-books

[traveller]

I read a rather interesting account of the Emin Pasha Relief expedition by Jepson (who participated) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_Pasha_Relief_Expedition

[gnomehome]

Non fiction, but nice summer reading material none the less

the last journey of Stanley

http://www.abebooks.com/Last-Expedition-Stanleys-Mad-Journey-Congo/5340486262/bd

The man who would be king (not the Kipling story !)

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Would-King-Afghanistan/dp/B001PIHV7G/ref=sr_1_4/186-6193554-0951300?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374840125&sr=1-4