the best history book i ever read. ever

well i finished reading what may very well be the best serious history book ever. i call it (as does the author of the book) King Leopold's Ghost it is about the Belgian king's rule over the Congo colony near the last turn of the century. thing is its written very much like a novel. the book itself even looks like a novel. the author does an excellent job setting up the situations and finding small important details. he also relates it back to Apocalypse Now and that's always a plus. i actually finished reading the book several weeks ago but i had to write a history essay about it and i wanted to wait until after i turned my essay in to pass judgment. writing an essay on a book usually causes me to end up hating that book and organizing public burnings and such so i wanted to make sure that i still liked it even after writing and turning in my essay. well i have only burnt down buildings (unrelated to the book) and no effigies of the author has been made so it is looking good that i liked it.