"The King isolates himself and becomes less and less accessible to our advice."
— Émile Banning

January 1, 1970

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Non-fiction authorsAcademics from BelgiumCatholics from BelgiumDiplomats of BelgiumPhilosophers from Belgium
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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), Emile Banning (1836-1898): The Don Quichotte of the ‘liberal civilization’ in Congo, Emile Banning's Colonial Career. BANNING, E. Political and Diplomatic Memoirs, 308.