The amazing story of the explorers and conquerors of the most mysterious region on earth..."A truly great work- massive, monumental, tremendous power, a wonderful story of heroism, a superb feat of research, the best book of its kind" Baltimore Sun.

(Key Words: Earth, Zanzibar, Sir Garnet Woseley, Queen Victoria, Lake Victoria, Nile, Rivers, Africa, Uganda, The Sudan, John Hanning Speke, Slave Trade, Omderman, Mutesa, The Mahdi, Dr. David Livingstone, Abdullah Khalifa, General George Gordon, Emin, Egypt, Cairo, Sir Samuel Baker).