“[A] vivid travelogue.” New Statesman“Has much to offer.” The Spectator"Sparks the imagination." BBC History Magazine "A fascinating study." BBC History Revealed Magazine “Essential reading." All About History"Valiant, valuable and entertaining." Times Literary SupplementThe greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the struggle for the Nile – from Caesar and Cleopatra, to Churchill and Mussolini, and on to the political leaders of today, The Nile is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780755616817
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography at the University of Bergen and Professor of Political Science and of Global History at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on water related topics and presented three successful television documentaries on water, shown in 150 countries worldwide. He is the Series Editor of the pioneering History of Water Series, published by I.B.Tauris.

Recensioner i media

In his vivid travelogue and cultural history, the Norwegian professor Terje Tvedt journeys from mouth to source, presenting a deluge of detail about the sediments of history, folklore and nature along the Nile's banks… Tvedt, switching effortlessly from history to reportage, also brings the Nile into the present with discursions on everything from Barack Obama's family origins in Kenya and George W Bush's role in South Sudan's gaining independence in 2011 to Idi Amin feeding human bodies to the crocodiles.

Innehållsförteckning

List of platesMapsThe Desert and the DeltaTowards Karnak and the Nile CataractsNubia and the Country Where the Rivers MeetThe Nile Wetlands and the New StateThe Country with the Great LakesEast of the Inland OceanTowards the Nile's Sources in Central AfricaThe Water Tower in the EastThe End of the JourneyNotesReferencesIndex of Names