CITY OF MYTHS, RIVER OF DREAMS: The Road To Timbuktu

MARR, JAMES

ISBN 10: 1738475646 / ISBN 13: 9781738475643

Published by Latitude14 Publishing, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CITY OF MYTHS, RIVER OF DREAMS: The Road To Timbuktu
• Publisher: Latitude14 Publishing
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1738475646
• ISBN 13: 9781738475643
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 367.4 grams

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Synopsis

AN ADVENTURE STEEPED IN HISTORY, LEGENDS LOST IN TIME.

Treasure trove. Lost cities of gold. El Dorado. For centuries, such dreams of riches have lured explorers and adventurers to the most forbidding corners of the earth. From the eighteenth-century, Timbuktu provoked a succession of outwardly sane men to abandon their families and the relative comforts of Europe. Armed with a musket, a compass and a loud frock-coat, they stepped ashore on the disease-ridden shores of West Africa, risking their lives in the quest to uncover a mythical African city rumoured to be paved in gold.

Following in the footsteps of his heroes, those eighteenth and nineteenth century explorers, James Marr, his wife and two friends drive from England to Timbuktu and the 2009 Festival in the Desert. Along the way, James loses his passport in the sand, ruptures the fuel tank on his Toyota 4x4, fortifies the suspension with a pair of flip-flops and wonders if, in the intervening years, West Africa has become any more hospitable. In Mali, kidnappings and rebel attacks are a portent of the conflict to come.

This 2024, republished edition of City of Myths, River of Dreams has been updated following the dramatic political and social upheaval throughout the Sahel region.

James Marr is the author of three books on overland travel by motorcycle or 4x4. He has written a number of articles for such publications as the Overland Magazine, Toyota Trails, Outdoorx4, the 4x4 Magazine and Adventure Bike Rider.

Join the journey today in City of Myths, River of Dreams, uncovering the rich history and culture of this vibrant and troubled corner of the African continent.