World Without Mercy

Condition Notes: Unlaminated DJ a little edgeworn and faded with loss at head and tail of spine; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over ; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.5 kg); pp 223; Index; Bibliography; Illustrated with B&W photographs and a fold-out map to the rear endpapers. Not until the nineteenth century did civilised men re-discover the lost world of the Sahara. Lone travellers like Caille, Clapperton, Barth and Duveyrier whose courage bordered on folly; soldiers like Flatters, Lamy and Laperrine; men with a mission like the saintly Father de Foucauld pitted themselves not only against the desert but against the violence of unknown tribes. They searched for the key to half-forgotten legends and the answer to scientific riddles and in the space of a century, they bridged the great hiatus which had long separated the white from the black world. With these explorers, scientists and conquerors Rene Lecler invites you to relive this dramatic, little-known saga of modern exploration. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #159083 ||.…