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'The most original of First World War centenary books; it is a
travel narrative of rare resonance and insight' Sunday Times On a
summer morning in 1914, a teenage assassin fired the starting gun
for modern history. It was a young teenage boy named Gavrilo
Princip who fired that fateful shot which killed Archduke Franz
Ferdinand in Sarajevo and ultimately ignited World War War. A
hundred years later, Tim Butcher undertakes an extraordinary
journey to uncover the story of this unknown boy who changed our
world forever. By retracing Princip's journey from his highland
birthplace, through the mythical valleys of Bosnia to the fortress
city of Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, he illuminates our
understanding both of Princip and the places that shaped him while
uncovering details about Princip which have eluded historians for
more than a century. 'A masterpiece of historical empathy and
evocation...This book is a tour de force' Guardian
**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A compulsively readable
account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the
outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey.
When war correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000
he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M.
Stanley's famous nineteenth century trans-Africa expedition - but
travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal',
Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack
and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in
an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe,
helped along by a cast of unlikely characters, he followed in the
footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. Butcher's journey was
a remarkable feat, but the story of the Congo, told expertly and
vividly in this book, is more remarkable still. 'A masterpiece'
John Le Carre 'Extraordinary, audacious, completely enthralling'
William Boyd 'A remarkable marriage of travelogue and history,
which deserves to make Tim Butcher a star for his prose, as well as
his courage' Max Hastings
Of all the anarchic and war-torn African nations, none is more
forbidding than Liberia, the land that nurtured child soldiers, the
violent trade in "blood diamonds," even ritual murder. Graham
Greene, in search of extreme adventure, ventured through its dense
jungles to write the travel classic Journey Without Maps;
three-quarters of a century later, Tim Butcher decided to follow
Greene's footsteps, only to find the path even more ominous and
overgrown than in his predecessor's day. Among the devils he
encounters are masked sorcerers whose magical powers depend on
cannibalism and missionaries long forgotten in the hinterland he
traverses. Butcher, a former African correspondent for the London
Telegraph and author of Blood River, his best-selling account of a
dramatic journey through the Congo, has produced in this thrilling
sequel a book that The Independent hails as "fascinating,
harrowing, and eventful."
A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually
inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and
adventurous journey. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher
was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea
of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling
alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal', Butcher set
out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few
thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an
assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe,
helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a
campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great
Victorian adventurers. VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from
the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
The silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of
drumming. Life on the river is brutal and unknown threats lurk in
the darkness. Marlow's mission to captain a steamer upriver into
the dense interior leads him into conflict with those who inhabit
the forest. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr.
Kurtz--an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumors--leads
him into more than just physical peril. The short story "Youth," in
which Marlow tells of his unlucky experience onboard a ship where
the cargo caught fire, is also included.
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