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Wilbur Smith The triumph of the sun
a novel of African adventure
Terwijl in het 19e eeuwse Soedan de Engelsen tegen de rebellerende moslimkaliefen strijden, vinden leden van enkele aristocratische families geluk in de liefde.
Fictie | Avonturenroman | Historische roman
Engels | 628 pagina's | Pan Books, London [etc.] | 2006
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Gillian Slovo An honourable man
Eind 19e eeuw proberen de Britten generaal-majoor Gordon te ontzetten uit het door islamitische Mahdi's belegerde Khartoum.
Fictie | Historische roman | Oorlogsroman
Engels | 341 pagina's | Virago, London | 2012
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Joost Willink The fateful journey
the expedition of Alexine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin in Sudan (1863-1864); a study of their travel accounts and ethnographic collections
Bold, headstrong, and fabulously wealthy, Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1834–1869) made several excursions into the African interior, often accompanied by her mother, at a time when very few European women traveled. This book follows her trip with German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin, which took them through Egypt and Sudan in search of adventure and unknown regions in Central Africa.. Drawing upon four years of research in the Tinne archives, and including never before published correspondence,...
Non-fictie
Engels | 455 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, [Amsterdam] | 2011
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