To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa by Pat Shipman

To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa

Pat Shipman

428 pages paperback 2004

4 editions

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In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Sz sz stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer, was mo...

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