“[A] VIVID TRAVELOGUE.” _NEW STATESMAN_ “HAS MUCH TO OFFER.” _THE SPECTATOR_ "SPARKS THE IMAGINATION." _BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE __ _"A FASCINATING STUDY."_ BBC HISTORY REVEALED MAGAZINE _ “ESSENTIAL READING." _ALL ABOUT HISTORY_ "Valiant, valuable and entertaining."_ Times Literary Supplement _ The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the struggle for the Nile – from Caesar and Cleopatra, to Churchill and Mussolini, and on to the political leaders of today, _The Nile_ is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.