"On a summer morning in Sarajevo almost a hundred years ago, a teenager took a pistol out of his pocket and fired not just the opening rounds of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gavrilo Princip started a cycle of events that would leave 15 million dead from fighting between 1914 and 1918 and proved fatal for empires and a way of ruling that had held for centuries."--Publisher's description.
Tim Butcher Orden de los libros (cronológico)
15 de noviembre de 1967
Tim Butcher es un autor, periodista y locutor británico conocido por sus cautivadoras narrativas desde zonas de conflicto y sus aventureros viajes. Su escritura se caracteriza por una observación meticulosa y una profunda exploración de los lugares que visita, a menudo profundizando en la historia y el impacto de los conflictos en la gente común. El estilo de Butcher es tanto analítico como atractivo, ofreciendo a los lectores perspectivas perspicaces sobre complejos paisajes sociales y políticos.
Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone, encountering the devastation wrought by lawless militia, child soldiers, brutal violence, blood diamonds and masked figures who guard the spiritual secrets of remote jungle communities.
Blood River
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone. 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 characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
Marlow, un agente comercial británico dedicado al negocio de la importación de marfil, se ve obligado a remontar el río Congo en busca de su compañero Kurtz, aquejado de una grave enfermedad. el viaje por la selva africana se convierte en una verdadera od