Blue Nile

In the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterranean-lands that had been forgotten since Roman times, or had never been known at all. In The Blue Nile, Alan Moorehead continues the classic, thrilling narration of adventure he began in The White Nile, depicting this exotic place through the lives of four explorers so daring they can be considered among the world's original adventurers -- each acting and reacting in separate expeditions against a bewildering background of slavery and massacre, political upheaval and all-out war.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alan Moorehead
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.10.2000
• EAN: 9780060956400
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095640-0
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio; military history, Middle East, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Travel writing, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, General and world history, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Travel and holiday, Rivers and lakes, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Historical Geography, Biography: adventurers and explorers, HISTORY: WORLD, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Adventure, HISTORY: Middle East / General, TRAVEL: Middle East / General, HISTORY: Historical Geography, HISTORY: Africa / East, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General, NATURE: Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, TRAVEL: Africa / East / General