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Congo: The Epic History of a People

By David Van Reybrouck
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By David Van Reybrouck
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Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Epic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, David van Reybrouck's Congo: The Epic History of a People traces the fate of one of the world's most critical, failed nation-state...

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Social SciencesHistoryAfrican StudiesAfrican HistorySouthern African HistoryCongo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire) - History2014 Cundill History Prize FinalistsHistory AwardsCundill History PrizePrevious Finalists - Cundill History Prize