Devil and Mr Casement One Man’s Struggle for Human Rights in South America’s Heart of Darkness
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Biographical note
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.A fine and meticulous book.
- Greg Grandin, New York Times
Meticulously researched ... A riveting, if harrowing, narrative which, in its treatment of corporate greed and exploitation, is full of contemporary resonance. A rich, moving, important book.
- David Evans, Independent on Sunday
Quirky, passionate, deeply idealistic, Roger Casement is one of the most fascinating characters of the early twentieth century. At last, this forgotten episode of his career gets the attention it deserves, in a fine book that is both immensely readable and carefully documented.
- Adam Hochschild, author of <i>King Leopold's Ghost</i>,
Roger Casement was one of the most extraordinary characters at the beginning of the twentieth century. Jordan Goodman's history of his struggle for human rights in Latin America speaks to our concerns 100 years later.
- Gavin Esler, Sunday Herald
An astonishing slice of history.
Metro
A brilliant piece of investigative writing.
Good Book Guide
From the Peruvian rainforests to the City of London, Jordan Goodman recounts a crime against humanity that history has almost forgotten, but whose exposure in 1912 sent shockwaves around the world. Drawing on a wealth of original research, The Devil and Mr Casement is a story of colonial exploitation and corporate greed with enormous contemporary political resonance.