Title:
River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.
ISBN:
9780385543101
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, [2022]
©2022
Physical Description:
xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
General Note:
Map on endpapers.
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, aristocratic Army officer--as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River.
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OCLC Number:
on1264273298
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