The Blue NileIn the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterranean-lands that had been forgotten since Roman times, or had never been known at all. In "The Blue Nile," Alan Moorehead continues the classic, thrilling narration of adventure he began in "The White Nile," depicting this exotic place through the lives of four explorers so daring they can be considered among the world's original adventurers -- each acting and reacting in separate expeditions against a bewildering background of slavery and massacre, political upheaval and all-out war. |
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Abu Simbel Abyssinia Africa Alexandria ancient Arabs army arrived Aswan Atbara Baker bank Bashilo battle Bedouin Berber Blue Nile boats Bonaparte Bonaparte's British Bruce Burckhardt Cailliaud Cairo camels Cameron camp campaign caravan cataracts cavalry coast command consul Denon Desaix Description de l'Égypte desert East Egypt Egyptian enemy England Ethiopia Ethiopian plateau European expedition explorers Flad followed France French Gondar gorge guns hundred Ibrahim infantry Ismail journey Kassala Khartoum king Lake Tana letter Little Abbai lived London Magdala Mamelukes Massawa Merewether Meroë Metemma miles Mohammed months Moslem mountains mules Murad Napier never night Nimr Nubia once plateau prisoners pyramids Rassam reached Red Sea river route sail says Sennar sent Shaiqiya sheikhs Shendy slaves soldiers soon Sudan temples tent Theodore Theodore's things thousand town traders traveller tribes tribesmen Turkish Turks Upper Nile village White Nile women wrote Zula