{"product_id":"blood-river-1","title":"Blood River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**THE NUMBER ONE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist''s daring and adventurous journey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen war correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley''s famous nineteenth century trans-Africa expedition - \u003cb\u003ebut travelling alone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite warnings that his plan was ''suicidal'', Butcher set out for the Congo''s eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of unlikely characters, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Butcher''s journey was a remarkable feat, but the story of the Congo, told expertly and vividly in this book, is more remarkable still.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A masterpiece’ John Le Carré\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Extraordinary, audacious, completely enthralling’ William Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A remarkable marriage of travelogue and history, which deserves to make Tim Butcher a star for his prose, as well as his courage’ Max Hastings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320094597502,"sku":"NW9780099494287","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099494287.jpg?v=1778238042","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/blood-river-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}