Twain, Mark 1835-1910 creator text utu 2020 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule" by Mark Twain is a political satire pamphlet published in 1905. The work presents a fictional monologue in which King Leopold II of Belgium defends his brutal rule over the Congo Free State. Through biting irony, Leopold justifies atrocities—including massacres, starvation, and village extermination—by claiming Christian piety and divine right. He dismisses critical reports from missionaries and consuls as lies, insisting he brought only religion and civilization to Congo while taking nothing for himself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leopold%27s_Soliloquy Release date is 2020-07-23 Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Congo (Democratic Republic) Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909 DT PS Original publication data not identified 05032801 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62739 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62739 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134439.0 62739