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The search for the source of the Nile: one of the great Victorian obsessions.
Two extraordinary men – two very different men – were determined to solve the mystery.
Richard Burton, adventurer, writer, a passionate lover of all life, and women in particular. A man of insatiable curiosity with a bohemian disregard for the conventions.
John Hanning Speke, obsessive, coldly relentless in his ambition, determined and repressed.
Two men whose quest began in comradeship and joint enthusiasm but ended in bitter loathing, recrimination and unexplained tragedy.
‘A riveting adventure, a page-turning historical tour de force’ Brian Moore
Paperback, 480 pages. In very good preloved condition with the exception of very slight colour change to the sides of the book (no fading though to cover).