Reviews for The King who lost America

The average rating for The King who lost America based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-31 00:00:00 Norbert Washington Edited to add: I changed this review and rating on 3/27/20. While reading Crowns of Conflict by this author I came across the following quote: 'The ambitious King Leopold II of the Belgians not only acquired but personally owned the vast Congo empire.' King Leopold II of Belgium committed mass genocide against the Congolese Peoples. He murdered 10 million people and Hitler based his practices during The Holocaust after this monster. If you are not familiar with him or with this horrific genocide, I suggest reading: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild. There's also a movie by that name that also deals with this. I also encourage you to Google the photos from this genocide. They are brutal. It is not ok to in ANYWAY refer to this behavior as 'ambitious'. This author is a fucking Nazi and if he's not dead should be fucking shot. Origianal review: This is a somewhat dry and tedious study of the significant women that Edward VII had affairs with. He burnt a good portion of his correspondence so lots of conjecture.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-10 00:00:00 Tamara Bohrer It wasn't a topic that I thought would keep me hooked, but the writer exceeded my expectations. I learned a lot about Victorian hypocrisy, and the libertarianism of the Edwardian aristocracy. Two things in particular impressed me. First, the writer is careful to acknowledge and evaluate when supposed "facts" are presented in different ways from different sources. Secondly, there is plenty of material and discussion to enable the reader to see the complexity of the characters and their situations. All three mistresses and the King himself are presented as three dimensional making simplistic judgements about their actions impossible. It was an interesting and satisfying read.