Author: Anstruther, Ian
Title: I Presume - H M Stanley's Triumph And Disaster
Description: Geoffrey Bles, 1973, 2nd edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xiv+207pp, b/w frontis, 7 b/w plates, map, index, fine copy in a slightly rubbed & bumped dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0713806605 ¶ Biography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley [ 1841 - 1904 ] which looks in detail at the effect of the public reaction to the famous 'Dr Livingstone, I Presume' greeting upon Stanley. Soon after the news of the meeting reached Britain the phrase, and Stanley, were subject to ridicule - his moment of glory becoming a source of humiliation.

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