The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past by Charlie English

The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past

Charlie English

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative reflective medium-paced
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Two tales of a city: The historical race to -discover- one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al...

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Moods

informative 92%
adventurous 71%
reflective 57%
inspiring 42%
tense 21%
challenging 14%
mysterious 14%
emotional 7%
hopeful 7%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 38%

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