The White Nile
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A masterwork of narrative history, The White Nile chronicles the dramatic nineteenth-century quest to discover the source of the world's longest river, bringing to vivid life the explorers, missionaries, and soldiers who risked everything in the uncharted heart of Africa. Alan Moorehead traces the intertwining journeys of legendary figures such as Speke, Burton, Livingstone, and Stanley, illustrating how ambition, rivalry, and imperial ambition collided against a backdrop of breathtaking landscapes and immense human suffering. Written with the pace and tension of a great adventure novel, the narrative uncovers the political and humanitarian consequences of European expansion into East and Central Africa, including the brutal Arab slave trade and the rise and fall of General Gordon at Khartoum. Moorehead's prose is authoritative yet deeply humane, presenting these larger-than-life personalities with both admiration and unflinching honesty. A companion volume to his equally celebrated The Blue Nile, this work stands as one of the finest examples of popular history ever written.
Author: Alan Moorehead
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Penguin Books
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A masterwork of narrative history, The White Nile chronicles the dramatic nineteenth-century quest to discover the source of the world's longest river, bringing to vivid life the explorers, missionaries, and soldiers who risked everything in the uncharted heart of Africa. Alan Moorehead traces the intertwining journeys of legendary figures such as Speke, Burton, Livingstone, and Stanley, illustrating how ambition, rivalry, and imperial ambition collided against a backdrop of breathtaking landscapes and immense human suffering. Written with the pace and tension of a great adventure novel, the narrative uncovers the political and humanitarian consequences of European expansion into East and Central Africa, including the brutal Arab slave trade and the rise and fall of General Gordon at Khartoum. Moorehead's prose is authoritative yet deeply humane, presenting these larger-than-life personalities with both admiration and unflinching honesty. A companion volume to his equally celebrated The Blue Nile, this work stands as one of the finest examples of popular history ever written.