Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck

Congo: The Epic History of a People

David Van Reybrouck

639 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative tense medium-paced
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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 devas...

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Moods

informative 95%
reflective 42%
challenging 28%
dark 23%
sad 23%
adventurous 14%
emotional 9%
tense 9%
inspiring 4%

Pace

slow 61%
medium 33%
fast 4%

Average rating

4.28

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