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David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story
Stephen Tomkins
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Description for David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story
Paperback. 200 years after his birth, this book assesses David Livingstone's life, impact and legacy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; HRCX7; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
David Livingstone has gone down in history as a fearless explorer and missionary, hacking his way through the forests of Africa to bring light to the people - and also to free them from slavery. But who was he, and what was he actually like? "He was an extraordinary character," according to biographer Stephen Tomkins, spectacularly bad at personal relationships, at least with white people, possessed of infinite self-belief, courage, and restlessness. He was an almost total failure as a missionary, and so became an explorer and campaigner against the slave trade, hoping to save African lives and souls that ... Read more
David Livingstone has gone down in history as a fearless explorer and missionary, hacking his way through the forests of Africa to bring light to the people - and also to free them from slavery. But who was he, and what was he actually like? "He was an extraordinary character," according to biographer Stephen Tomkins, spectacularly bad at personal relationships, at least with white people, possessed of infinite self-belief, courage, and restlessness. He was an almost total failure as a missionary, and so became an explorer and campaigner against the slave trade, hoping to save African lives and souls that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lion UK
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
163g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745955681
SKU
V9780745955681
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Stephen Tomkins
STEPHEN TOMKINS has a PhD in Church History from London Bible College. An experienced journalist, he is a contributing editor to the Ship of Fools website. He is the author of David Livingstone, John Wesley: A Biography (Lion, 2003) and Paul and His World (Lion, 2004).
Reviews for David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story
This new, well written book reveals much about the man. It the man far more human than perhaps anyone else realised. It has taught me much about a man of whom I realise now I knew little. It makes me want to learn more.
Christopher Wardale
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Christopher Wardale
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