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To the Heart of the Nile - Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa
by Shipman, Pat
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060505559
- ISBN 13
- 9780060505554
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean stone brown paper-covered boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with maps, photographs. 428 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Florence Szasz was a child in Earn Europe when she witnessed the slaughter of her family during the Hungarian revolution. After the war, she was kidnapped from a refugee camp in the Ottoman Empire and sold to be raised for the harem. In 1859, at age fourteen, she stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. One of the assembled was moved by compassion and an immediate, overpowering empathy for the helpless young woman. His name was Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer who braved extraordinary perils to aid her escape. Ultimately they would wed and venture together into some of the most inaccessible regions on Earth..
Synopsis
In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Szasz stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer, was moved by compassion and an immediate, overpowering empathy for the young woman, and braved extraordinary perils to help her escape. Together, Florence and Sam -- whose love would remain passionate and constant throughout their lives -- forged into literally uncharted territory in a glorious attempt to unravel a mysterious and magnificent enigma called Africa.A stunning achievement, To the Heart of the Nile is an unforgettable portrait of an unforgettable woman: a story of discovery, bravery, determination, and love, meticulously reconstructed through journals, documents, and private papers, and told in the inimitable narrative style that has already won Pat Shipman resounding international acclaim.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30265
- Title
- To the Heart of the Nile - Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa
- Author
- Shipman, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0060505559
- ISBN 13
- 9780060505554
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, EXPLORATION, NILE RIVER, CENTRAL AFRICA LADY FLORENCE BAKER, SZASZ, PAT SHIPMAN, FIRST EDITION, FEMALE EXPLORERS, WOMEN EXPLORERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel;
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