Tim Jeal: Explorers of the Nile

In Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure, Tim Jeal sheds fascinating new light on the search for the source of Nile and its colonial consequences.  Jeal’s protagonists include Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. The Literary Review described it as ‘A vivid tale of adventure… filled with anecdotes and brilliant cameos, which keep the narrative fresh and sparklingly alive’.

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