Prizewinning author Petina Gappahs tale of Dr Livingstones epic journey through nineteenthcentury Africa is incredible (Yaa Gyasi), powerful (Jesmyn Ward), and beautiful (Anthony Doerr).A fine writer. J.M. Coetzee Wonderful. The Times Captivating. GuardianThis is the story of the body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, the explorer David Livingstone and the sixtynine men and women who carried his remains for 1,500 miles across the African interior so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own country. This is the story of those in the shadows of history those who saved a white mans bones, his dark companions, who became his faithful retinue on an epic funeral march little knowing that his corpse carried the maps that sowed the seeds of the continents brutal colonisation and enslavement. This is the story of how human bravery, loyalty, and love can triumph over darkness and it is Petina Gappahs radical masterpiece.Incredible. Yaa GyasiBeautiful. Anthony DoerrPowerful. Jesmyn Ward

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 376 g; Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 23

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