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Author Millard, Candice, author.

Title River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2022]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2207171~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  916.2043 MIL    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  916.2043 MIL    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  916.2043 MIL    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  916.2043 MIL    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  916.2043 MIL    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-328) and index.
Contents Some Gallant Heart -- A Blaze of Light -- Shadows -- Bond for our Blood -- The Abban -- The Enemy is Upon Us -- What Might Have Been, What Would Have Been -- Into the Mouth of Hell -- What a Curse is a Heart -- Horror Vacui -- Bombay -- Death Was Written -- An Old Enemy -- Tanganyika -- To the End of the World -- Fury -- The Knives are Sheathed -- 'Twas me he shot -- An Exile's Dream -- Hard as a Brick -- The Malignant Tongues of Friends -- The Prince -- Damn Their Souls -- Neston Park -- The Weary Heart Grows Cold.
Summary Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies--a decorated soldier, and a young aristocrat and Army officer--as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River.
Subject Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 -- Travel -- Nile River.
Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 -- Travel -- Nile River.
Bombay, Sidi Mubarak -- Travel -- Nile River.
Explorers -- Nile River -- History -- 19th century.
Nile River -- Discovery and exploration.
Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.
ISBN 9780385543101 (hardcover)
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