Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer
Book ID/图书代码： 00200007B12175
English Summary/英文概要： "A magnificent new life . . . [and] a superb adventure story. . . . There have been many biographies of Stanley, but Jeal’s is the most felicitous, the best informed, the most complete and readable and exhaustive, profiting from his access to an immense new trove of Stanley material." -- Paul Theroux, front page, New York Times Book Review
Henry Morton Stanley, so the tale goes, was a cruel imperialist who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo. He also conducted the most legendary celebrity interview in history, opening with, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
But these perceptions are not quite true, Tim Jeal shows in this grand and colorful biography. With unprecedented access to previously closed Stanley family archives, Jeal reveals the amazing extent to which Stanley’s public career and intimate life have been misunderstood and undervalued. Jeal recovers the reality of Stanley’s life—a life of almost impossible extremes—in this moving story of tragedy, adventure, disappointment, and success.
Few have started life as disadvantaged as Stanley. Rejected by both parents and consigned to a Welsh workhouse, he emigrated to America as a penniless eighteen-year-old. Jeal vividly re-creates Stanley’s rise to success, his friendships and romantic relationships, and his life-changing decision to assume an American identity. Stanley’s epic but unfairly forgotten African journeys are thrillingly described, establishing the explorer as the greatest to set foot on the continent. Few biographies can claim so thoroughly to reappraise a reputation; few portray a more extraordinary historical figure.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 英國非洲探險家史坦利爵士(Sir Henry Morton Stanley)，他的生平故事充滿傳奇彩色，許多奇幻小說和電影，提到探險家和野獸的故事，都不時有史坦利的影子穿插情節。他花一年時間在非洲找到李文斯頓(David Livingstone)並發現剛果加以開發而聞名於世。
史坦利小時候曾在濟貧院渡過，1859年後以客艙服務員的身分，來到美國發展。1867年成為《紐約前鋒報》的新聞記者後，1871年開始深入中非探險，展開尋找李文斯頓之旅，李文斯頓從1866年前往非洲後一直杳無音信。1871年，他找到李文斯頓 ，當下說了一句經典名言：「閣下就是李文斯頓博士吧？」
Awards/获奖情况：紐約時報書評：這是唯一寫非洲探險家史坦利故事最好看的一本！
About the Author/作者介绍： 吉爾 (Tim Jeal)是英國知名小說知和傳記作家(善長維多利亞時期的名人)，2004年時，他的個人傳記Swimming with my Father入圍J. R. Ackerley Prize傳記獎。
Tim Jeal is the author of ’Livingstone’, selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review and one of the "Best and Brightest of the Year" by the Washington Post Book World. His ’Baden-Powell’ was described in the Literary Review as "one of the most important biographies of recent years". His memoir, ’Swimming with my Father’, was published by Faber in 2004 to rapturous critical acclaim. He is also a novelist and a former winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
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