Hugh Thomson

The least familiar stretches of Nile prove the most interesting

When Terje Tveldt’s survey of the great river leaves Egypt for the upper reaches, we begin to learn some satisfyingly arcane facts

Men of the Madi tribe fishing with bows and arrows in the Fula Rapids of the White Nile c. 1952. [Getty Images]
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  • The Nile: History’s Greatest River

    Terje Tvedt, translated by Kerry Pierce

    I.B. Tauris, pp. 432, £30

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