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Título:
River of the gods [text (large print)] : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.
ISBN:
9780593607817
Autor personal:
Edición:
First large print edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Random House Large Print, [2022]
©2022
Descripción física:
xiv, 522 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contenido:
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.
Síntesis:
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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DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
on1309470009
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