{"product_id":"the-sad-story-of-burton-speke-and-the-nile-or-was-john-hanning-speke-a-cad-looking-at-the-evidence-paperback-softback-9780804755719","title":"The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?; Looking at the Evidence (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804755719","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLooking at the Evidence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. B. Carnochan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804755719\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 January 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e154 pages, 2 illustrations, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.204 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Bliss Carnochan cuts through the mythology surrounding Burton's character and the events leading to Speke's tragic death with a lucid and sensitive analysis of the documents. He does so with relish for his tale and no loss of its inherent drama.\" - Ann Schlee \"\u003ci\u003eThe Sad Store of Burton, Speke, and the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating whodunit...\" - \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \"Carnochan investigates the history of the case through a careful reading of contemporary accounts, making for a strangely engaging tale that's part detective story, part textual analysis.\" - \u003ci\u003eGeographical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"Employing a close but never pedantic reading of the published writings of Speke and Burton, Carnochan gives us a fuller, more nuanced and insightful analysis of their clash of personalities and its consequences than we can find elsewhere. This is an astute, engaging, and beautifully written study.\" - Dane Kennedy \"A detective story with an important scholarly subtext, a rattling good travelers' tale that is also a deep and unresolved tragedy, \u003ci\u003eThe Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e holds the reader's attention from beginning to end.\" - Nicolas Barker (editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book Collector\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a \"cad.\" In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  All was fair in this love-war.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford General Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702307385624,"sku":"9780804755719","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sad-story-of-burton-speke-and-the-nile-or-was-john-hanning-speke-a-cad-looking-at-the-evidence-paperback-softback-9780804755719","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}