Introduction: Empire, news, novels -- Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative -- W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news -- Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette -- A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo -- Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance -- Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation.
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Introduction: Empire, news, novels -- Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative -- W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news -- Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette -- A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo -- Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance -- Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation
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