Summary
The River of Shadows: A Roosevelt Amazon Adventure
April 1914. Former US President Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit venture into the unexplored depths of the Brazilian Amazon, a perilous expedition fraught with disease, drowning, and starvation. But a greater danger awaits: capture by the mysterious Cinta Larga tribe.
Forced to hunt a savage creature terrorizing the jungle, they find unexpected allies in a young mother and her half-caste child. As hopes, dreams, and liv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848542211 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848542216 |
| Author: | Louis Bayard |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2014 |
| Weight: | 225g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 137mm x 22mm |
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A mystery in the Arthur Conan Doyle tradition, had Sherlock and Watson been masochistic enough to volunteer for this dreadful trek … Bayard gives us a compassionate, unsentimental portrait of a son who would forever live in the shadow of a colossal father - Washington Post
Bayard’s heart-of-darkness saga is impressive-blood and sacrifice, primitive peoples and Roosevelt courage … [He] exactingly chronicles the hardships of charting the river, right down to the damp, dangers and drudgery of the Amazonian jungle … A suspense-filled reimagining of history deepened by a confrontation with evil’s supernatural presence - Kirkus ReviewsBayard has written a riveting thriller and psychological study wrapped around historical events and people and gives the reader a real existential puzzle to put together - BooklistAn edge-of-your-seat thriller with all the twists and turns of an unexplored river - Kermit Roosevelt III, great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, and author of In the Shadow of the LawPart mystery, part warts-and-all exploration diary, part mediation on the debilitating effects of depression, it’s beautifully written and, despite its heart of darkness, great fun - Irish TimesAbout The Author
Louis Bayard
Louis Bayard lives in Washington. He has written several novels, including Mr. Timothy, The School of Night, and The Pale Blue Eye, which was shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award.
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