The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures. Charlie English
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This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2017
Copyright © 2017 by Charlie English
Maps by Meighan Cavanaugh
Frontispiece: Nineteenth-century drawing of Timbuktu, based on a description by the French explorer René Caillié
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Source ISBN: 9780008126650
Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008126643
Version: 2018-05-01
For Lucy
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue: A Man of Enterprise and Genius
PART ONE: OCCUPATION
PART TWO: DESTRUCTION
PART THREE: LIBERATION
14. King Leopold’s Paperweight
16. Chronicle of the Researcher
17. An Indiana Jones Moment in Real Life!
Picture Section