River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile
Title:
River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile
Author:
Millard, Candice, author.
ISBN:
9780385543101
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Some Gallant Heart -- A Blaze of Light -- Shadows -- Bond for our Blood -- The Abban -- The Enemy is Upon Us -- 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 -- Fury -- The Knives are Sheathed -- 'Twas me he shot -- An Exile's Dream -- Hard as a Brick -- The Malignant Tongues of Friends -- The Prince -- Damn Their Souls -- Neston Park -- The Weary Heart Grows Cold.
Abstract:
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.
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