Red Nile
€13.05
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781780220932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Twigger |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 600 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.384 |
| Publishing Date | 10/04/2014 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €12.31 |
| Tax | €0.74 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.05 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
A rip-roaring yet intimate biography of the mighty Nile by Robert Twigger, award-winning author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. ''A tour de force'' FINANCIAL TIMES.
So much begins on the banks of the Nile: all religion, all life, all stories, the script we write in, the language we speak, the gods, the legends and the names of stars. This mighty river that flows through a quarter of all Africa has been history''s most sustained creator.
In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, award-winning author Robert Twigger weaves a Nile narrative like no other. As he navigates a meandering course through the history of the world''s greatest river, he plucks the most intriguing, colourful and dramatic stories - truly a Nile red in tooth and claw.
The result is both an epic journey through the whole sweep of human and pre-human history, and an intimate biography of the curious life of this great river, overflowing with stories of excess, love, passion, splendour and violence.