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Author:

Millard, Candice, author.

Title:

River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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.
Travel writing.

Notes:

Map on endpapers. 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.

ISBN:

0385543107
9780385543101

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1264273298

LCCN:

2021044497

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