[A] vivid travelogue. New Statesman Has much to offer. The Spectator Sparks the imagination.
BBC History Magazine A fascinating study. BBC History Revealed Magazine Essential reading. All
About History Valiant valuable and entertaining. Times Literary Supplement The greatest river
in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt one of the world's
leading experts on the history of waterways travels upstream along the river's mouth to its
sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries from the Mediterranean
to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic political and
mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the
struggle for the Nile - from Caesar and Cleopatra to Churchill and Mussolini and on to the
political leaders of today The Nile is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.
