 First edition book cover | |
| Author | Mark Twain |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | pamphlet |
| Publisher | Warren Co. |
Publication date | 1905 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 49 pp |
| Preceded by | Extracts from Adam's Diary |
| Followed by | The War Prayer |
King Leopold's Soliloquy is a 1905 pamphlet by American author Mark Twain.[1] Its subject is King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. A work of political satire harshly condemnatory of his actions, it ostensibly recounts a fictional monologue of Leopold II speaking in his own defense.
- ^ Twain, Mark (1905). King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule. Boston, Mass.: The P. R. Warren Co. Retrieved December 9, 2018 – via Internet Archive.