Historical Tyrants 1: Leopold II of Belgium | European History
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Mentioned in This Episode
- Leopold II (person)
- Congo Free State (location)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (location)
- Henry Morton Stanley (person)
- George Washington Williams (person)
- Joseph Conrad (person)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (person)
- Heart of Darkness (book)