Journey to the Source of the Nile : An Extraordinary Quest to Solve the Riddle of the World's Longest River

by Christopher Ondaatje

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Genres: Africa, Egypt

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje, OC, CBE, FRSL born 22 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian–English businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and bob-sledding Olympian for Canada. Ondaatje is the older brother of the author Michael Ondaatje and lives in both Chester, Nova Scotia, and the United Kingdom.




Olympic Victory: The story behind the Canadian Bob-Sled Club's incredible victory at the 1964 Winter Olympic Games (1967)
The Prime Ministers of Canada, 1867–1967 (1968)
Leopard in the Afternoon — An Africa Tenting Safari (1989)
The Man-eater of Punanai — a Journey of Discovery to the Jungles of Old Ceylon (1992)
Sindh Revisited: A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1996)
Journey to the Source of the Nile (1999)
Hemingway in Africa: The Last Safari (2004)
Woolf in Ceylon: An Imperial Journey in the Shadow of Leonard Woolf, 1904–1911 (2005)
The Power of Paper: A History, a Financial Adventure and a Warning (2007)
The Glenthorne Cat and other amazing leopard stories (2008)
The Last Colonial: Curious Adventures & Stories from a Vanishing World (2011)
Ondaatje, Christopher, ed. (2013). Love Duet and Other Curious Stories about Music. Minehead, Somerset: Rare Books and Berry.

Reviews

[Christopher McKee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up this book in the mid-90s when it was first published since I was - and continue to be - a huge fan of Burton. Essentially a travelogue - and a good one at that - the photos were very impressive since they captured what had only existed in my imagination while reading Burton's descriptions. Kudos.

[Thushara Vithanage · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating journey through Africa and on Nile river. Another fantastic book by Ceylonese writer Christopher Ondaatje.