This compelling blend of history, biography and travelogue is woven around Conrad's life and mingled with his four greatest works, The Secret Agent, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness and Nostromo. This guide to the underside of empire is a worthy successor to Jasanoff"s brilliant Liberty's Exiles (bwl 63). Critics have hailed this as a masterpiece from one of our greatest young historians who always takes a refreshingly new approach to her disparate subjects.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 89 Summer 2018 ) |
