Born in poverty and illegitimacy, with infancy spent in a Welsh workhouse, he survived a series of incredible adventures at sea and in the USA to emerge as a journalist of talent after the American Civil War. Stanley was one of the great achievers of the 19th century. In this book, the author focuses on the years 1841-1877, the most dramatic and fascinating years of Stanley's long life. He was also a man of intriguing psychological complexity - a complexity which Frank McLynn seeks to understand. But Stanley is by any reckoning a key figure in the history of the European penetration of the African continent. Sir Henry Morton Stanley, is known popularly for his celebrated meeting with David Livingstone. (Sir Henry Morton Stanley, is known popularly for his cele.) Stanley: The Making of an African Explorer
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