by - written on 15/02/10 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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Blood River caught my eye the other day at water stones and I had a little read of the back and liked the sound of it. As I work for the Daily Mail , I thought it even more interesting to read about an experience of someone of potential similar interest (I am a great fan of travelling) and job. The book I bough off amazing for ... Read the complete review
by - written on 25/01/10 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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Blood River tells the story of Tim Butcher's journey along the length of the Congo River, recreating the journey undertaken in 1874-1877 by Sir Henry Morton Stanley, a journalist and explorer. Stanley's journey helped open up the Congo, as much as the interior of the Congo ever has been open. The Democratic Republic of the ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/11/09 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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Blood River What is this book about? This is a factual account of a journey through the heart of Africa, crossing from side to side of the enormous country the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The author Tim Butcher is appointed as Africa correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and reads lots of ... Read the complete review
by - written on 15/08/09 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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The Congo has has a tumultuous & largely grim history since coming to the attention of the wider world. Already being ransacked by Arab slave traders in the nineteenth century, it was famously traversed by Stanley, who was the first to follow the river Congo & realised it to be a precious means of transport to & ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/02/09, updated on 13/02/09 (Very useful, 262 readings)
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Blood River is the most compelling, memorable, educational and insightful book I have read for a long time. It is in the travel category here, and yes it is an account of the author's journey down the Congo river, but the book is also a throughly researched and passionate expose of the troubled history of the country now known as the ... Read the complete review
by Donette Read Kruger - written on 02/04/08
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As a Zimbabwean BLOOD RIVER is a book I just HAD to read. Because it is factual, I could NOT put it down and it took me 5 days to complete. I learned to so much about the part my own country Zimbabwe played in the Congo which I, a mere female, was never aware of. My only disappointment is that real names were changed. Because it is true, I read it with a pen in my hand, marking and checking the maps back and forth so it took on real meaning. As Executive Editor of THE PROMOTA I found the Uganda/Rwanda connection pertinent!I have already recommended it to everyone I know - perhaps one day my own book A'ZAMBEZI WIND SONG will be published but the difference is mine is a novel - based on fact! Donette Read Kruger
