The biography of one of Britain's greatest explorers that you have probably never heard of. James Bruce b 1730, traveler extraordinaire, discoverer of the source of the Blue Nile, lived with the Emperor of Abyssinia, traveled around East Africa escaping pirates, surviving ambush, making friends and enemy's wherever he went. His survey of the Red Sea was still in use a 100 years later. When he arrived back in the UK after penetrating the African interior no one believed his stories. Only once Stanley and Livingstone, 100 years later ,did people realize that he had been telling the truth. An amazing man, an astounding story so blandly told. None of us found the writing engaging, it was a slog to read. Even if we were engaged by the story and the bombastic character that was James Bruce.
Words used to describe it: fascinatingly dull, extraordinary, Boris Johnson, handwork, pompous, trying
Marks out of 10: between 3 - 7
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