Red Nile: The Biography Of The World's Greatest River

Author: Robert Twigger

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Price : 22.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781780220932
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Imprint : Phoenix
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Weight (g) : 0.37
Publication date : 01 April 2014
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 22.99
Availability date : 01 June 2014
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Product Type : books

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Author : Robert Twigger
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
Pages : 600
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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.

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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.