Аннотация
Mark Hodder
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon
THE FIRST PART
THE VOYAGE TO AFRICA“One of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey to unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the Slavery of Home, man feels once more happy. The blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood…afresh dawns the morn of life….”
— SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON'S JOURNAL, 2ND DECEMBER, 1856.CHAPTER 1
Murder at Fryston“The future influences the present just as much as the past.”
— Friedrich NietzscheSir Richard Francis Burton wriggled beneath a bush at the edge of a thicket in the top western corner of Green Park, London, and cursed himself for a fool. He should have realised that he'd lose consciousness. He should have arrived earlier to compensate. Now the whole mission was in jeopardy.
He lay flat for a moment, u...
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