| ISBN |
0385543107 (hardcover)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780385543101 (hardcover)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9780385543118 (electronic book)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
294.091
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| 個人著者標目 |
Millard, Candice,
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| 本タイトル |
River of the gods :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile /
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| 著者名 |
Candice Millard.
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| その他のタイトル |
Genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile
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| 版表示 |
First edition.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Doubleday,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
[2022],
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| 数量 |
xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
illustrations, maps ;
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| 大きさ |
25 cm.
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| 一般注記 |
Maps on endpapers.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-328) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Prologue: Obsession -- Part one: Some gallant heart. A blaze of light ; Shadows ; Bond for our blood ; The Abban ; The enemy is upon us -- Part two: What might have been, what would have been. Into the mouth of Hell ; What a curse is a heart ; Horror vacui ; Bombay ; Death was written ; An old enemy ; Tanganyika ; To the end of the world -- Part three: Fury. The knives are sheathed ; 'Twas me he shot ; An exile's dream ; Hard as bricks -- Part four: The malignant tongues of friends. The prince ; Damn their souls ; Neston Park ; The weary heart grows cold -- Epilogue: Ashes.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies--a decorated soldier and a young aristocrat/Army officer--as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River.,For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Expeditions to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp. In the 19th century Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior Speke claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. Back in England Speke disparaged Burton; Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. Millard turns to the third man on both expeditions: Sidi Mubarak Bombay, a former slave in a Sultan's army who used his resourcefulness, linguistic prowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. -- adapted from jacket
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| 個人件名 |
Burton, Richard Francis,
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| 称号等 |
Sir,
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| 生没年等 |
1821-1890
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| 一般件名細目 |
Travel
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| 地理件名細目 |
Nile River.
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| 一般件名 |
Explorers -- History -- Nile River -- 19th century.
Colonial administrators -- Africa. |
| 地名件名 |
Nile River -- Discovery and exploration.
Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration. |
| 資料情報1 |
『River of the gods :
genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile /』First edition. Candice Millard. Doubleday, [2022],
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/294.0/B17/R
資料コード：7116615334）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352060107 |
