Red Nile : a biography of the world's greatest river / Robert Twigger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twigger, Robert, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Nile River--History.

Nile River.

Nile River Valley--History.

Nile River Valley.

Nile River Region.

Physical Description:

viii, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.

Contents:

Natural Nile : beasts and beginnings

Ancient Nile : famine, pestilence, and a severed penis

River of the believers : madness and mystics

The Nile extended : raw steak and Napoleon

The Nile damned : elephants, exploration, and Agatha Christie's trunk

Blood on the Nile : from assassination to revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-453) and index.

ISBN:

9781250052339

1250052335

OCLC:

883962326