The Nile The LifeStory of a River Author:Emil Ludwig The story of the great river in Egypt and up into the African interior, and human history along its banks: The Pharaohs, Solomon & Sheba, Alexander, Caesar & Cleopatra, the coming of Arab and Ottoman Turkish Islam, Napoleon's expedition, Stanley's hunt for Livingston,etc. — Maps and illustrations. Praised by major critics in "The New Yorker", "N ... more »Y Times",etc.« less