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Title	:	Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
Author	:	Tim Butcher
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 363 pages
Published	:	January 3rd 2008 by Vintage Publishing (first published July 3rd 2007)
Categories	:	Fiction. Travel. European Literature. German Literature. Literature

Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

Tim Butcher

Paperback | Pages: 363 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 7084 Users | 644 Reviews

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A compulsively readable account of a journey to the Congo — a country virtually inaccessible to the outside world — vividly told by a daring and adventurous journalist.

Ever since Stanley first charted its mighty river in the 1870s, the Congo has epitomized the dark and turbulent history of a failed continent. However, its troubles only served to increase the interest of Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher, who was sent to cover Africa in 2000. Before long he became obsessed with the idea of recreating Stanley’s original expedition — but travelling alone.

Despite warnings Butcher spent years poring over colonial-era maps and wooing rebel leaders before making his will and venturing to the Congo’s eastern border. He passed through once thriving cities of this country and saw the marks left behind by years of abuse and misrule. Almost, 2,500 harrowing miles later, he reached the Atlantic Ocean, a thinner and a wiser man.

Butcher’s journey was a remarkable feat. But the story of the Congo, vividly told in Blood River, is more remarkable still.


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Original Title:	Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
ISBN:	0099494280 (ISBN13: 9780099494287)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Henry Morton Stanley
Setting:	Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo, the Democratic Republic of the)
Literary Awards:	Ryszard Kapuściński Prize Nominee (2009), Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2008), Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Nominee (2008)

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Ratings: 4.05 From 7084 Users | 644 Reviews

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I love travel books in general and liked this one in particular as this is not simply cultural exposure but rather a combination of history, politics and adventure faced by the author.Tim Butchers book was a very insightful and vivid writing about the authors promise to follow Stanleys footsteps and trek across the DRC. Great reading and learning about the history of this country and about the adventure that Butcher had there. His account shows the backward spiral that this country, full of

Inspired by Stanley, in 2004 journalist Tim Butcher decided to retrace his steps and follow the River Congo through the heart of Africa. The resulting book is part travelogue, part history, and completely riveting. Along the way he meets some fascinating people and has some quite scary adventures (Mr Butcher is clearly a lot braver than I am!!). He also writes about the Congos history, and how its violent colonial past has impacted on its present state: corruption, lawlessness, poverty, a

Blood River, Tim Butcher's account of his travelling the Congo river in a 21st century recreation of Stanley's journey, has plenty of interest. There is a brief history of the Congo; an introduction to Stanley's journey & its legacy; a brief examination of the implications of colonialism; an astonishing & gruelling personal journey; & vignettes of people he meets during that journey. Tim's outrage at so many people living lives that could be snuffed out so easily (from disease,

""A masterpiece," John Le Carre writes about Tim Butcher's journalistic travel memoir and I agree. Prepare for your heart to be wrenched when you read Blood River, A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart. But you may not notice it in the excitement and danger of the ride. There's the magnificent and ominous Congo River landscape, the present terror, the valor of the victimized native people, the greed of the exploiters of the river's resources (native and colonizers alike) and the intrepid European

I love travelogues. And I am very interested in Africa and its history. Therefore, I was very curious for this book which describes one of the most challenging travels in contemporary Africa: Starting at Lake Tanganjika and ending at the Atlantic Ocean where the river Congo completes his journey of thousands of kilometers. I was very impressed by the speed the author managed to finish his journey. It took him about six weeks a real sprint compared to the man who went this way first, Henry

I am going to preface this review by stating that the most exotic place I've ever been is probably Hawaii, and so I should not cast stones. That being said, the book was kind of disappointing. I was expecting something akin to Lost City of Z but instead I got a story that should have been entitled "It's Really Hot and This Place Sucks". I get that maybe the Congo is one of the worst countries in the world, but I guess I wouldn't have expected an Africa correspondent to be so incredibly whiny.

"And we fled into the bush."Last night I finished Blood River. This morning I requested a dozen books on the History of the Congo at the library. Tim Butcher is an excellent introduction to a complicated place. What works so well in this book is that Butcher fashions the narrative of his own journey through the DRC around an elegantly retold history. The final sixty or so pages are the finest in the book and the end is surprisingly affecting.