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The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? W. B. Carnochan

The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? von W. B. Carnochan

The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? W. B. Carnochan


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Zusammenfassung

This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim (which was accurate) to have discovered the source of the Nile in the course of their joint expedition to central Africa in the 1850s.

The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? Zusammenfassung

The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?: Looking at the Evidence W. B. Carnochan

This 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.

All was fair in this love-war.

The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? Bewertungen

"The Sad Store of Burton, Speke, and the Nile is a fascinating whodunit..." -- Wall Street Journal
"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." -- Geographical Magazine
"A detective story with an important scholarly subtext, a rattling good travelers' tale that is also a deep and unresolved tragedy, The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile holds the reader's attention from beginning to end." -- Nicolas Barker * editor of The Book Collector *
"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 * George Washington University *
"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 * Novelist *

Über W. B. Carnochan

W. B. Carnochan is the Richard W. Lyman Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Stanford University and former Director of the Stanford Humanities Center. His works include Gibbon's Solitude: The Inward World of the Historian (1987), The Battleground of the Curriculum: Liberal Education and American Experience (1993), and Momentary Bliss: An American Memoir (1999).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? Looking at the Evidence W. B. Carnochan Stanford General Books An Imprint of Stanford University Press Stanford, California 2006

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR005293465
9780804755719
080475571X
The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?: Looking at the Evidence W. B. Carnochan
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Stanford University Press
2006-01-25
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