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028	4	2	_aPRHA 7072 : _bRandom House Audio
035			_a(OCoLC)1308411898
037			_a60f670 _bBlackstone Publishing
037			_a40f670 _bBlackstone Publishing
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100	1		_aMillard, Candice, _eauthor. _918673
245	1	0	_aRiver of the gods : _bgenius, courage and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / _cCandice Millard.
250			_aUnabridged.
260			_a[New York] : _bPenguin Random House Audio, _c[2022]
300			_a8 audio discs (10 hr., 2 min.) ; _c4 3/4 in.
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500			_aTitle from container.
511	0		_aRead by Paul Michael.
520			_a"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. 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. Two British men--Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke--were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton was already famous for being the first non-Muslim to travel to Mecca, disguised as an Arab chieftain. He spoke twenty-nine languages, was a decorated soldier, and literally wrote the book on sword-fighting techniques for the British Army. He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton's opposite in temperament and beliefs. From the start the two men clashed, Speke chafing under Burton's command and Burton disapproving of Speke's ignorance of the people whose lands through which they traveled. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit, disparaging Burton. 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, his name obscured by imperial annals, 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, he 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 his talents, it is likely that neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived"--‡c Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aBurton, Richard Francis, _cSir, _d1821-1890 _xTravel _zNile River.
600	1	0	_aSpeke, John Hanning, _d1827-1864 _xTravel _zNile River.
600	1	0	_aBombay, Sidi Mubarak _xTravel _zNile River.
650		0	_aExplorers _zNile River _xHistory _y19th century. _9251813
651		0	_aNile River _xDiscovery and exploration. _9251815
651		0	_aNile River Valley _xDiscovery and exploration. _9251814
650		0	_aExplorers _vBiography. _9176652
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
655		7	_aTravel writing. _2lcgft _96889
655		7	_aAudiobooks. _2lcgft _91862
700	1		_aMichael, Paul _c(Actor), _enarrator. _9223251
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