King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild explores the brutal history of the Congo Free State under the personal rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. This Mariner Books edition includes a new afterword and provides a deeply researched, narrative-driven account of the exploitation of the Congo and the first great international human rights movement of the twentieth century. A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and New York Times Notable Book, it remains a definitive work on colonial history and African studies.