This is the story of the discovery of the source of the Nile, one of the great vexing riddles of the 19th Century. Millard does an amazing job developing these historical characters and telling their stories in a gripping way that keeps the reader turning the pages. Writing about history in a way that reads like a novel is a mark of great talent. Millard is in the company of such great historical authors as Erik Larson and Nathaniel Philbrick.

I enjoy reading books about early explorers because I enjoy the journey and greatly admire the courage and determination it takes. However, this book took me instead through the petty in-fighting of these early English explorers and gave so little detail about the journey itself. So disappointing and I was completely un-inspired. Bleh

Enough! So much detail it was exhausting to read. So I stopped