The King Incorporated

The King Incorporated was the first history book published by award-winning Scottish journalist and historian Neal Ascherson exploring the course of the Congo Free State from its foundation to annexation, as well as the role of King Leopold II.

The King Incorporated:
Leopold the Second in the age of trusts
First edition
AuthorNeal Ascherson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGeorge Allen & Unwin
Publication date
1963
Media typePrint
Pages310
ISBN1-86207-290-6
923.1493
Followed byThe Polish August : the self-limiting revolution 

The King Incorporated was first published in 1963 (three years after the Congo's independence from Belgium) and has been reprinted in eight editions. The 1999 edition (published by Granta) modified the book's title to The King Incorporated: Leopold the Second and the Congo, omitting the reference to trusts.

Reception

The work was described by The Guardian as "a fascinating account of Leopold II of Belgium and his extraordinary attempt to integrate the rapacious exploitation of a personal colony with a version of 19th-century European kingship."[1] The celebrated British historian A.J.P. Taylor also praised the work.[2]

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References

  1. Wroe, Nicholas (12 April 2003). "Neal Ascherson: Romantic nationalist". The Guardian.
  2. Ascherson, Neal (1999). The King Incorporated. Granta Books. pp. Cover.


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