River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385543101
- ISBN: 0385543107
- Physical Description: xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Map on endpapers.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-328) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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Bombay, Sidi Mubarak > Travel > Nile River.
Explorers > Nile River > History > 19th century.
Nile River Valley > Discovery and exploration.
Nile River > Discovery and exploration. - Genre:
- Travel writing.
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