The Nile - History's Greatest River

"[A] vivid travelogue." New Statesman "Has much to offer." The Spectator "Sparks the imagination." BBC History Magazine "A fascinating study." BBC History Revealed Magazine "Essential reading." All About History "Valiant, valuable and entertaining." Times Literary Supplement The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world''s leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river''s mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the struggle for the Nile - from Caesar and Cleopatra, to Churchill and Mussolini, and on to the political leaders of today, The Nile is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.>

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In his vivid travelogue and cultural history, the Norwegian professor Terje Tvedt journeys from mouth to source, presenting a deluge of detail about the sediments of history, folklore and nature along the Nile's banks. Tvedt, switching effortlessly from history to reportage, also brings the Nile into the present with discursions on everything from Barack Obama's family origins in Kenya and George W Bush's role in South Sudan's gaining independence in 2011 to Idi Amin feeding human bodies to the crocodiles. New Statesman

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Terje Tvedt, Tvedt Terje
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2025, ritardato
• EAN: 9781350522237
• ISBN: 978-1-350-52223-7
• Pagine: 400
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 34 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; NATURE / Natural Resources, HISTORY / Historical Geography, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, History: earliest times to present day, African History, Historical Geography, Nile River, Nile river and tributaries