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Published to rave reviews in the United Kingdom and named a "Richard & Judy" Book Club selectionthe only work of nonfiction on the 2008 list"Blood River" is the harrowing and audacious story of Tim Butcher s journey in the Congo and his retracing of legendary explorer H. M. Stanley s famous 1874 expedition in which he mapped the Congo River. When "Daily Telegraph" correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the legendary Congo River and the idea of recreating Stanley s journey along the three-thousand-mile waterway. Despite warnings that his plan was...

Tim Butcher, Kriegsberichterstatter und Afrikakorrespondent, reist auf den Spuren der Entdecker des 19. Jahrhunderts entlang Afrikas mächtigstem Strom. Allen Warnungen zum Trotz durchmisst er allein den Kongo, getrieben von dem Wunsch, sich ein eigenes Bild von einem Land zu machen, das in Krieg und Chaos versinkt. Entstanden ist ein mutiger, ergreifender Augenzeugenbericht über Leben und Überleben in einer der am schwersten zugänglichen Regionen Afrikas.

A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M.