River of the gods : genius, courage and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile
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[New York] : Penguin Random House Audio, [2022].
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9780525524076, 052552407X
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Published
[New York] : Penguin Random House Audio, [2022].
Format
Audiobook CD
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8 audio discs (10 hr., 2 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525524076, 052552407X
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9780525524076

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Read by Paul Michael.
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"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the nineteenth century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. European powers sent off waves of explorers intending to map the unknown corners of the globe--and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton, a decorated soldier, was mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and army officer determined to make his mark, Burton's opposite in temperament and beliefs. From the start the two men clashed. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and he claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit. Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. The two became venomous enemies, with the public siding with the more charismatic Burton, to Speke's great envy. The day before they were to publicly debate, Speke shot himself. Yet there was a third man on both expeditions, whose exploits were even more extraordinary. This was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, who was enslaved and shipped from his home village in East Africa to India. When the man who purchased him died, Bombay made his way into the local sultan's army, and eventually traveled back to Africa, where he used his resourcefulness, linguistic prowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. Without Bombay and men like him, who led, carried, and protected the expedition, neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Millard, C., & Michael, P. (. (2022). River of the gods: genius, courage and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile (Unabridged.). Penguin Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Millard, Candice and Paul (Actor), Michael. 2022. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile. Penguin Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Millard, Candice and Paul (Actor), Michael. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile Penguin Random House Audio, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Millard, Candice, and Paul (Actor) Michael. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile Unabridged., Penguin Random House Audio, 2022.

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