River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.
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Details
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- xii, 349 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Note
- Map on endpapers.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-328) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Obsession -- Part one: Some gallant heart. A blaze of light ; Shadows ; Bond for our blood ; The Abban ; The enemy is upon us -- Part two: What might have been, what would have been. Into the mouth of Hell ; What a curse is a heart ; Horror vacui ; Bombay ; Death was written ; An old enemy ; Tanganyika ; To the end of the world -- Part three: Fury. The knives are sheathed ; 'Twas me he shot ; An exile's dream ; Hard as bricks -- Part four: The malignant tongues of friends. The prince ; Damn their souls ; Neston Park ; The weary heart grows cold -- Epilogue: Ashes.
- Summary
- Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies-a decorated soldier and a young aristocrat/Army officer-as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River.
- Subject
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 -- Travel -- Nile River.
- Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 -- Travel -- Nile River.
- Bombay, Sidi Mubarak -- Travel -- Nile River.
- Explorers -- Nile River -- History -- 19th century.
- Nile River -- Discovery and exploration.
- Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
- Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Explorers.
- Travel.
- Nile River.
- Nile River Valley.
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Travel writing.
- ISBN
- 9780385543101 (hardcover)
- 0385543107 (hardcover)