Product Description: The last hero is Henry Morton Stanley, the world's most celebrated explorer, summoned one final time into the service of the British Empire, now in the twilight of its imperial power. His mission: to rescue the mysterious Emin Pasha, the empire's valued ally, from the savage, dervish legions that have recently defeated England at Khartoum...read more

Against the backdrop of the Portuguese entry into the Congo, the friendship between a Portuguese cabin boy and Prince Mbemba, a Kongo prince who becomes the ruler of a puppet kingdom, turns tragic. 25,000 first printing.

A chronicle of the primitive splendor, historical atrocities, explorations, and modern-day struggles associated with the African river

Henry Morton Stanley, the famous explorer, is sent on a secret mission to rescue the mysterious Emin Pasha, a British ally, from the dervish armies that defeated the British army at Khartoum

A chronicle of the primitive splendor, historical atrocities, explorations, and modern-day struggles associated with the African river