Jordan Goodman
Jordan Goodman's books include The Devil and Mr Casement: One Man's Struggle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness and The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea. He has published extensively on the history of medicine and science, and in cultural and economic history. He is an Honorary Research Associate at The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London.Blog
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Vargas Llosas has a hard act to follow—another five star review for Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement
Another five star review for Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement: One Man's Struggle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness, this time from the Independent:
The Devil and Mr Casement is a fine achievement, offering both a rigorous account of atrocities in the Amazon and a balanced portrait of Casement himself. The Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's forthcoming
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Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa to publish novel based on Roger Casement
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature last week has written a novel based on the fascinating and controversial life of Roger Casement, to be published in Spanish on 2nd November.
Casement's story is staggering. Born in Dublin to a Protestant father and a Roman Catholic mother, he went on to become British consul in the Congo, where he was commissioned by the British government to examine forced labour in the Congo Free State. His report on the atrocities he witnessed contributed to Leopold II of Belgium's relinquishment of his colonial fiefdom.
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Independent on Sunday gives Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement a five star review
Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement: One Man's Struggle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness has received a fantastic review in the Independent on Sunday. Giving the book five stars, David Evans writes:
