Historian Candice Millard's "RIVER OF THE GODS. Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile"

Booktalk with Diana Korte · Oct 21, 2022 · 10m

RIVER OF THE GODS by historian Candice Millard is her fourth book. Known for her meticulously researched work, her newest book is an adventure tale full of danger that takes place in unchartered territory in Africa in the mid-1800s. For millennia the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In 1854 Richard Burton and John Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Finding the source of the Nile took years and would not have been possible for these Englishmen without the guidance, expertise and local knowledge of Sidi Mubarak…