Blood River

p>b>**THE NUMBER ONE i>SUNDAY TIMES/i> BESTSELLER**/b>br>b>br>A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey./b>br>br>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 - b>but travelling alone./b>br>br> 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. br>br> Butcher's journey was a remarkable feat, but the story of the Congo, told expertly and vividly in this book, is more remarkable still.br>br>b>‘A masterpiece’ John Le Carré/b>br>b>br>‘Extraordinary, audacious, completely enthralling’ William Boyd/b>br>b>br>‘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/b>/p> p>b>**THE NUMBER ONE i>SUNDAY TIMES/i> BESTSELLER**/b>br>b>br>A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey./b>br>br>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 - b>but travelling alone./b>br>br> 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. br>br> Butcher's journey was a remarkable feat, but the story of the Congo, told expertly and vividly in this book, is more remarkable still.br>br>b>‘A masterpiece’ John Le Carré/b>br>b>br>‘Extraordinary, audacious, completely enthralling’ William Boyd/b>br>b>br>‘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/b>/p>