Bruce Of The Blue Nile
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Insect damage and general wear on folds of jacket flaps. Tanning on spine. Otherwise in good condition.
A work of narrative history and biography aimed at younger readers, Bruce of the Blue Nile chronicles the remarkable true story of James Bruce, the eighteenth-century Scottish explorer who embarked on a daring quest to discover the source of the Nile River. Robert Silverberg brings Bruce's extraordinary journey to vivid life, detailing the treacherous landscapes of Ethiopia, the political intrigues of the royal court of Gondar, and the physical hardships that tested the explorer's endurance at every turn. Written with an adventurous and accessible tone, the narrative illustrates how Bruce's obsessive determination drove him through years of danger, illness, and skepticism from the European establishment that doubted his accounts upon his return. Silverberg presents Bruce not merely as a historical figure but as a complex, larger-than-life personality whose courage and ambition reshaped Western understanding of Africa and its great waterways.
Author: Robert Silverberg
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Insect damage and general wear on folds of jacket flaps. Tanning on spine. Otherwise in good condition.
A work of narrative history and biography aimed at younger readers, Bruce of the Blue Nile chronicles the remarkable true story of James Bruce, the eighteenth-century Scottish explorer who embarked on a daring quest to discover the source of the Nile River. Robert Silverberg brings Bruce's extraordinary journey to vivid life, detailing the treacherous landscapes of Ethiopia, the political intrigues of the royal court of Gondar, and the physical hardships that tested the explorer's endurance at every turn. Written with an adventurous and accessible tone, the narrative illustrates how Bruce's obsessive determination drove him through years of danger, illness, and skepticism from the European establishment that doubted his accounts upon his return. Silverberg presents Bruce not merely as a historical figure but as a complex, larger-than-life personality whose courage and ambition reshaped Western understanding of Africa and its great waterways.