A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist\"s daring and adventurous journey. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley\"s famous expedition - but travelling alone....

A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist\"s daring and adventurous journey. When war correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M....