To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa - Softcover

"A brilliant history and an engrossing tale." -- Shawn Carlson, Ph.D., MacArthur Fellow

"I found myself caught up in the narrative . . . convincing."--Grand Rapids Press

"A terrific love story . . . fascinating and historically interesting . . . [a] highly readable book."--San Jose Mercury News

"A brilliant history and an engrossing tale."--Shawn Carlson, Ph.D., MacArthur Fellow

"Shipman's account shines with historical clarity and narrative fluency...a reverent and careful tribute."--Publishers Weekly

"Absorbing ... conveys the danger in confronting Africa's vast unchartered territory [and] reveals the life of a very tough woman."--Los Angeles Times

"An extraordinary achievement of research and imagination."--Stanley Weintraub, biographer of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Benjamin Disraeli, and Charlotte and Lionel Rothschild

A terrific love story . . . fascinating and historically interesting . . . [a] highly readable book. --San Jose Mercury News"

I found myself caught up in the narrative . . . convincing. --Grand Rapids Press"

Shipman s account shines with historical clarity and narrative fluency...a reverent and careful tribute. --Publishers Weekly"

A portrait drawn from personal journals and other historical documents discusses the nineteenth-century female adventurer's rescue from slavery, her education under and marriage to wealthy English adventurer Sam Baker, and her life of danger and excitement in the uncharted interior of Africa. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.