Summary: Leopold II, King of the Belgians, was one of the most cunning, intelligent, despicable bastards P&C have ever heard of. His burning desire to create a colony -- despite the prohibitions in the Belgian constitution -- led him to back-handed, sneaky and horrific tactics, using a famous explorer to carve Leopold's own personal kingdom out of the Congo River basin. Meanwhile, in Europe, Leopold is being praised as a humanitarian. It's a horrific story.
