{"product_id":"blood-river-the-terrifying-journey-through-the-worlds-most-dangerous-country","title":"Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eA British journalist retraces the legendary 1874 expedition of H. M. Stanley in this \"remarkable marriage of travelogue and history\" (Max Hastings, author of Armageddon ).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen  Daily Telegraph  correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to Africa in 2000,. he quickly became obsessed with the Congo River and the idea of recreating H. M. Stanley's nineteenth-century journey along the nearly three-thousand-mile waterway. Despite repeated warnings that his plan was suicidal, Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a backpack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaking his way in an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a pygmy rights advocate, he follows in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurer. Butcher's forty-four-day journey along the Congo River is an unforgettable story of exploration, survival, and history come to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Quite superb . . . a masterpiece.\" —John le Carré, #1 New York Times –bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Do NOT try to repeat Tim Butcher's audacious and terrifying Congo journey. If you do, you will probably die.\" — The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"[ Blood River ] keeps the heart beating and the attention fixed from beginning to end.\"—Fergal Keane, international bestselling author of Wounds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is the wit and passion of the writing that keeps you engrossed.\"—Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53957995954544,"sku":"978-1555849092","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53957995987312,"sku":"978-1555849092","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/81NDK6IglZL._SY522.jpg?v=1782789064","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/blood-river-the-terrifying-journey-through-the-worlds-most-dangerous-country","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}