The Life of Edmund Barttelot and his Diary of the Congo

Being an account of his services for the Relief of Kandahar, of Gordon and of Emin.

Written by the brother of this ill-fated officer who commanded the Rear Column along with Jameson and who was murdered by one of his men. Stanley accused him of dereliction of duty etc, and the author attempts to clear his brother's name by making public his diaries and letters relating to the disastrous expedition.

413 pages with frontispiece, 3 facsimiles, 2 folding maps.Red cloth with title to the spine. Bookplate of previous owner on fep. Uncut page edges.

Edmund Musgrave Barttelot (28 March 1859 – 19 July 1888) was a British army officer, who became notorious after his allegedly brutal and deranged behaviour during his disastrous command of the rear column in the Congo during Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He has often been identified as one of the sources for the character of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness. (wikipedia)