Tim Jeal is the author of the acclaimed biographies Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the Washington Post. The winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, Tim lives in London. Clive Chafer is a professional actor, director, producer, and theater instructor. Originally from England and educated at Leeds and Exeter universities, he has performed and directed at many theaters in the San Francisco area, where he makes his home, and elsewhere in the US. In 1993 he founded TheatreFIRST, Oakland's professional theater company, where he served as artistic director until 2008.
"An enjoyable adventure story."-- "Kirkus Reviews "
"Jeal recounts each perilous expedition to unlock the secrets of
the Nile watershed with an astonishing clarity and depth that
brings to life the hazardous environs of equatorial Africa."--
"Booklist"
"Narrator Clive Chafer, whose mild British accent fits right in,
performs smoothly...[This is] worth listening to."--
"AudioFile"
[A] wonderfully entertaining and authoritative account of the
search for the Nile and its consequences...There is something
intensely moving about the the way in which Jeal has sought to
restore Speke's reputation."-- "Sunday Telegraph (London)"
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