Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey into the heart of Africa Cover Image

Large Print Book

Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey into the heart of Africa / Brad Ricca.

Ricca, Brad, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781432884772
ISBN: 1432884778
Physical Description: 577 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-564).

Formatted Contents Note:

Dear reader -- Prologue -- The fairy flag -- The party girl and the naturalist -- Leviathan -- The arrival -- The protectorate -- A correspondence, Part 1 -- On the hunt -- The great Lambino -- Devil in the forest -- A correspondence, part 2 -- Into the swamp -- The two lakes -- The man-leopard -- A correspondence, part 3 -- A painting on a wall -- Fort Lamy -- A correspondence, part 4 -- The wanderer -- The great Gauaronga, part 1 -- The great Gauaronga, part 2 -- The French report -- Valkyrie -- The lake of loneliness -- The pilgrim to the stone -- The road -- Decision in Fika -- Poisoned arrow -- Mr. Charles Temple -- The fate of Olive MacLeod -- The lighthouse -- Epilogue: The last king of Dar Fur.