{"product_id":"brazza-a-life-for-africa-paperback","title":"Brazza, a Life for Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Petringa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1905, scandalous reports of torture in France's overseas colonies rocked Paris. Brazz  was sent to investigate. Born an Italian nobleman, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazz  had spent twenty years exploring equatorial Africa as a French naval officer. His attempts to reconcile African development and prosperity with French colonial policy had already cost him his career. Now his commitment to expose colonial abuses would cost him his life. Already divided by the anti-Semitic currents of the Dreyfus Affair, France was about to discover the reality of its administration in central Africa. The European economy's greed for rubber had created a hidden world of slave labor and violence, with scenes that inspired the \"horror\" of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Brazz , A Life for Africa is the first English-language biography of a man who lived an extraordinary life. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazz  was a nobleman, a naval cadet, an explorer, a glamorous idol to 19th-century Parisians, a colonial governor, and a human rights investigator, as well as a husband, father, and friend. By turns thrilling, romantic, and tragic, Brazz 's story blends exotic adventures with all-too-human emotions and experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52467460964659,"sku":"9781425911980","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/qFjI1mGZfL9781425911980.webp?v=1759334011","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/brazza-a-life-for-africa-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}