"When Leopold had an idea in his head, it was impossible to make him quit."

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Original Language: English

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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 6. Baron Auguste Lambermont (1819-1905), A key figure in the background of early Belgian colonialism WILLEQUET, J. Le baron Lambermont, 60.