NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'' The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy'from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the RepublicA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST ' GOODREADS"A lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by [Richard Burton and John Speke] to solve the geographic riddle of their era." 'The New York Times Book ReviewFor millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, there was 'a frenzy of interest in ancien ... More from Google