King Solomon & the showman

The search for Africa's lost city

Adam Cruise (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2016
Tafelberg Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-624-07960-6 (ISBN)

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The lost city of southern Africa and its untold riches fascinated the Romans, European explorers and writers such as Rider Haggard. Adam Cruise sets out on a personal quest across the Kalahari to find the mythical city that inspired King Solomon's Mines, and 'the Great Farini', the daredevil showman at the heart of the legend.

The lost city of southern Africa and its untold riches fascinated the Romans, European explorers and writers such as Rider Haggard, Alan Paton, Wilbur Smith and Lawrence Green. Even the apartheid government searched for it in vain. Adam Cruise sets out on a quest across the Kalahari to find the mythical city that inspired King Solomon's Mines, and 'the Great Farini', the daredevil showman of the Victorian age at the heart of the legend.

Adam Cruise is a conservation and travel writer, who works for magazines and newspapers. His books include the well-received Louis Botha's War in 2015 and In the Pursuit of Solitude.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2016
Verlagsort	Capetown
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-624-07960-0 / 0624079600
ISBN-13	978-0-624-07960-6 / 9780624079606
Zustand	Neuware