Livingstone - Softcover

Jeal, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712656383 ISBN 13: 9780712656382

Publisher: Pimlico, 1993

Synopsis

Hailed as an explorer unrivalled since the Elizabethan era, Livingstone was also revered by the Victorians as a near saint - a myth in his own lifetime. This biography attempts to show that this myth of Livingstone was, in actual fact, a distortion of the truth and that the real man was far more remarkable - a man capable of ruthless cruelty as well as self-sacrifice, and dogged all his life by contradiction and failure; for Livingstone failed as a missionary, failed as a parent and failed on his search for the Nile's source.

About this title

Review:

"A rich and readable book." -- Jan Morris, Spectator

"An unhaloed portrait of a very great man ... First rate, absorbing, informative, judicious." -- New York Times

"This superb new biography differs from all previous ones in its political and historical sophistication... -- Fawn M. Brodie, New York Times Book Review

"Well researched and written, both analytical and intuitive ... an excellent biography." -- Richard West, Sunday Times

'beautifully written...this splendid volume gives a masterly insight into his life and works' -- John Oates, The Times, 20 October 2001

About the Author:

Tim Jeal is a highly acclaimed biographer and novelist, and author of Baden-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts (ISBN 0 300 09103 6, pb ), also published by Yale University Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pimlico
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0712656383
• ISBN 13: 9780712656382
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448