Livingstone
Jeal,
Tim
Published by BCA, London, 1973
Used/ Hardcover
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.
Item
Description
A beautiful copy with black and white
illustrations. Published by BCA, London, 1973. Hardcover edition with
illustrated dust jacket. Good Condition. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering
on spine. 427 pp.
About
the author
Tim Jeal (born 27 January 1945 in
London, England) is a biographer of notable Victorians and is also a novelist.
His publications include a memoir and biographies of David Livingstone (1973),
Robert Baden-Powell (1989), and Henry Morton Stanley (2007). Jeal was formally
educated in London and Oxford, and lives in North London. He has a wife and
three daughters.
Ref:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Jeal
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