The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile, Or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?: Looking at the EvidenceStanford General Books, 2006 - 140 страница This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a "cad." In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war. |
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... story ? On the other , what is their human story ? The bibliographic story is essential though not conclusive as to the motives that may lie behind it . Nor ( of course ) can it tell us whether Speke's account of Burton's plans is true ...
... story ? On the other , what is their human story ? The bibliographic story is essential though not conclusive as to the motives that may lie behind it . Nor ( of course ) can it tell us whether Speke's account of Burton's plans is true ...
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... story of What Led ... , if it is anywhere to be found , probably lies in the Blackwoods archives in the National Library of Scotland - from which the related story of the Journal of the Discov- ery of the Source of the Nile has been ...
... story of What Led ... , if it is anywhere to be found , probably lies in the Blackwoods archives in the National Library of Scotland - from which the related story of the Journal of the Discov- ery of the Source of the Nile has been ...
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... stories , in- cluding that of Speke's " betrayal . " Here , smuggled into Burton's valedic- tory memoir of his companion , is the very story of their story together , its vexations and , for the eager teller of the tale , its ...
... stories , in- cluding that of Speke's " betrayal . " Here , smuggled into Burton's valedic- tory memoir of his companion , is the very story of their story together , its vexations and , for the eager teller of the tale , its ...
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