Everything you need to understand or teach River of Gods.
River of the Gods is a captivating work of biographical non-fiction that employs third person objective narration to follow the story of one of the most important explorations in European history. Long shrouded in mystery, the source of the Nile confounded explorers and thinkers for centuries. After the translation of the Rosetta Stone, the Royal Geographic Society sends Richard Burton, and later John Speke on expeditions to uncover the truth about the Nile's source. Their journeys bring out the best and the worst in them and create a compelling story of courage and betrayal set against the backdrop of mid-19th century colonialism and racism.
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