Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Autor Tim Jealen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 aug 2012
From
the
best-selling
author
ofStanley,
a
riveting
account
of
the
explorers
who
risked
everything
in
their
search
for
the
source
of
the
Nile
Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped "Dark Continent," its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers.
On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan.
Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped "Dark Continent," its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers.
On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300187397
ISBN-10: 0300187394
Pagini: 528
Ilustrații: 35 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300187394
Pagini: 528
Ilustrații: 35 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
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Notă biografică
Tim
Jealis
also
the
biographer
of
Henry
Morton
Stanley
(National
Book
Critics'
Circle
Award
in
Biography
and
Sunday
Times
Biography
of
the
Year
2007),
and
Robert
Baden-Powell,
which
(like
Livingstone)
was
chosen
as
a
Notable
Book
of
the
Year
by
the
New
York
Times
and
the
Washington
Post.
In
2011
his
Explorers
of
the
Nile
was
a
New
York
Times
Editor's
Choice
and
a
BBC
Radio
4
Book
of
the
Week.
Recenzii
“Brilliant.”—New
York
Times
Book
Review
“Explorers
of
the
Nileis
a
brilliant,
scholarly
and
at
times
almost
unreadably
vivid
account
of
the
two
decades
in
the
middle
of
the
19th
century
when
the
search
for
the
Nile’s
source
in
central
Africa
was
at
its
height.”—Ben
Macintyre,New
York
Times
Book
Review
"Elegantly
written
and
skillfully
crafted...The
greatest
strengths
of
this
highly
enjoyable
and
readable
book
are
Jeal’s
passion
for
his
subject
and
his
mastery
of
personalities
as
complex
as
the
geography
they
battled
to
understand."—Diane
Preston,Washington
Post
"Superb
narrative
.
.
.
Jeal’s
judicious
account
is
a
must-read
for
anyone
hoping
to
understand
the
internal
dynamics
of
modern
state-building
in
central
Africa."—Brian
Odom,Booklist
"Masterly...One
of
the
fascinations
of
Jeal's
book
and
his
account
of
this
astonishing
period
of
exploration
is
that
it
makes
great
efforts
to
strip
away
the
accumulated
myths
and
through
this
process
we
can
begin
to
see
these
'heroic'
figures
plain,
to
imagine
them
as
they
were
to
their
contemporaries."—William
Boyd, TLS
"Tim
Jeal's
masterly
book
...
can
safely
supplant
Alan
Moorehead's
1960
classic,
The
White
Nile...
Jeal
also
knows
how
to
tell
a
fabulous
story,
and
he
lets
old-fashioned
epic
adventure
sit
at
the
heart
of
his
fine
book."
—James
McConnachie,Sunday
Times
"[A]
wonderfully
entertaining
and
authoritative
account
of
the
search
for
the
Nile
and
its
consequences."—John
Preston,Sunday
Telegraph
Runner-up
for
the
2011-2012
Los
Angeles
Book
Festival
in
the
General
Non-fiction
category
"There
are
few
greater
stories
than
the
race
to
the
Nile's
source...
Tim
Jeal
gives
a
fine
reprise,
bringing
together
in
one
well-paced
narrative
the
interlocking
Nilotic
adventures
...
Its
place
[is]
alongside
the
classics
of
Victorian
explorer
history."—Tim
Butcher,Daily
Telegraph
"If
there
is
one
book
about
the
search
for
the
sources
of
the
Nile
to
read
and
keep
on
the
shelf,
this
is
it."—Tim
Severin,Irish
Examiner
"Epic
in
proportion...An
absorbing
adventure
and
a
thought
provoking
morality
tale."—Peter
Burton,Daily
Express
"Tim
Jeal's
gripping
book
pulls
the
whole
astonishing
story
together.
.
.
.
It's
as
intricate
and
unexpected
as
the
source
of
the
river
itself.
.
.
All
the
main
players
were.
.
.
examples
of
grit,
resourcefulness
and
courage
on
a
heroic
scale.
.
.
.
How
intimately
Tim
Jeal
knows
them
all,
and
brings
them
back
to
life
for
us."—Tom
Stacey, The
Spectator
"Masterly...The
complicated
narrative
is
well
told
with
exemplary
scholarship
and
great
and
compelling
lucidity...One
of
the
fascinations
of
Jeal's
book
and
his
account
of
this
astonishing
period
of
exploration
is
that
it
makes
great
efforts
to
strip
away
the
accumulated
myths
and
through
this
process
we
can
begin
to
see
these
'heroic'
figures
plain,
to
imagine
them
as
they
were
to
their
contemporaries."—William
Boyd, TLS
Read
Tim
Jeal's
essay
on
the
perils
of
exploration
on
the
Yale
Press
Log
"Jeal's lengthy, comprehensive, and revisionist book is exciting reading both about the adventures in the field and about the clash of personalities."—Rob Hardy,The Dispatch
"Tim
Jeal's
wonderful
book
is
filled
with
anecdotes
and
brilliant
cameos,
which
keep
the
narrative
fresh
and
sparklingly
alive.
His
treatment
of
these
legendary
figures
is
authoritative
and
compassionate."—Alexander
Maitland,Literary
Review
"[A]
wonderfully
entertaining
and
authoritative
account
of
the
search
for
the
Nile
and
its
consequences...There
is
something
intensely
moving
about
the
the
way
in
which
Jeal
has
sought
to
restore
Speke's
reputation."—John
Preston,Sunday
Telegraph
"Splendid."—Bernard
Porter,Guardian
Won
Honorable
Mention
in
the
2012
New
York
Book
Festival
History
category,
sponsored
by
the
New
York
Book
Festival
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Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile.
Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile.