| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Kansas Notable Book ; 2023.
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| Indexed In: |
Kansas Notable Book, 2023. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-328) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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 and Army officer--as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River. |
| Awards |
Kansas Notable Book, 2023 |
| Subject |
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 -- Travel -- Nile River.
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Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 -- Travel -- Nile River.
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Bombay, Sidi Mubarak -- Travel -- Nile River.
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Explorers -- Nile River -- History -- 19th century.
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Nile River -- Discovery and exploration.
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Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
9780385543101 |
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0385543107 |
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