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Sto caricando le informazioni... David Livingstone: una vita per l'Africa (1973)di Tim Jeal
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David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the first to find Victoria Falls and the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition, Jeal draws on fresh sources and archival discoveries to provide the most fully rounded portrait of this complicated man-dogged by failure throughout his life despite his full share of success. Using Livingstone's original field notebooks, Jeal finds that the explorer's problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. From recently discovered letters he elaborates on the explorer's decision to send his wife Mary back home to England. He also uncovers fascinating information about Livingstone's importance to the British Empire and about his relationship with the journalist-adventurer Henry Morton Stanley. In addition Jeal here evokes the full pathos of the explorer's final journey. This masterful, updated biography also features an excellent selection of new maps and illustrations. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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When Tim Jeal published Livingstone in 1973 he was still in his 20s and, in his own words, exploded the myth. All prior biographies had been religious hagiographies and the public perceived Livingstone as a saintly gentle missionary. Jeal showed that Livingstone was in reality a failed missionary, having converted a single person (who later lapsed). Livingstone lied about the nature of Africa to further his career - causing the death of future missionaries who were ill-prepared for Africa. And his character flaws tended towards the anti-social - his son hated him so much he changed his last name, his neglected wife turned alcoholism among other horrors, and he treated colleagues with contempt. He lacked empathy.
At the same time Jeal shows Livingstone to be a brilliant mind who possessed super-human physical strength and conviction. He accurately predicted the future of colonial Africa, explored for the first time vast areas, became a hero of Africans to this day. His primary and great idea was to end slavery in Africa, he was a Lincoln figure in aspiration. Great men are often contradicted and Jeal concludes he was a great man. This is a complex and rich story set in an exotic place and time. It is also fun as an adventure story to step back in time and follow Livingstone's journeys, learning African geography, while also gaining an insiders view through Jeal's impeccable research of private diaries and letters. There are many books that retell the myth, this is the first and only serious biography that gives the complete picture. (