![]() ![]() They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. ![]() Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton’s opposite in temperament and beliefs.įrom the start the two men clashed. ![]() He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe – and extend their colonial empires. In the 19th century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. "A lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by to solve the geographic riddle of their era." - The New York Times Book Reviewįor millennia the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in mystery. The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy-from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the RepublicĪ BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST. ![]()
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