Adventures of Sir Samuel White Baker: Victorian Hero by M J Trow

Adventures of Sir Samuel White Baker: Victorian Hero by M J Trow

Sir Samuel White Baker is one of those larger-than-life heroes only the Victorians could invent. For too long, the British Empire has been denigrated and equated with arrogance at best and racial bigotry at worst. Samuel Baker transcends that. He was an explorer and naturalist, recording new species on his many travels; a big game hunter with huge expertise across continents; an engineer of skill and ingenuity; a general of ability; an administrator second to none; and an ardent opponent of African slavery. M. J. Trow, in this the first biography of Baker for twenty years, draws heavily on Baker s prolific writings to bring the extraordinary character of this Victorian adventurer and his achievements to life.

M J Trow is the author of the long-running Inspector Lestrade and 'Mad Max' Maxwell detective novels, as well as various nonfiction publications, including Who Killed Kit Marlowe?

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ISBN 13	9781848841789
ISBN 10	1848841787
Title	Adventures of Sir Samuel White Baker: Victorian Hero
Author	M J Trow
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2010-12-20
Number of pages	224
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