Soliloquio di Re Leopoldo: Apologia del suo Ruolo in Congo (1982), Italian edition of Mark Twain’s satirical pamphlet King Leopold's Soliloquy (1905), is a political satire exposing the brutal colonial regime of King Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo Free State. Twain adopts the fictional voice of Leopold to ironically justify atrocities, thus denouncing the hypocrisy and moral corruption behind imperialist propaganda. The work is a powerful example of anti-colonial literature, blending humor, irony, and moral critique to challenge Western complicity in colonial violence.