![]() His latest, The Trigger, tells the story of the young man who sparked the First World War a hundred years ago by shooting dead Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a street corner in Sarajevo. Tim Butcher is a British best-selling author and explorer whose books blend history with travel. fascinating, harrowing and eventful - Joan Smith ― Independent Published On: Book Description He is tough and he's honest ― Evening Standard Butcher's book is packed with incident. ![]() ![]() This book is required reading for anyone even vaguely interested in this remote and enigmatic region ― Daily Mail Butcher is really a Victorian explorer and writer endowed with the sterling grit of that age. an admirable book - Brian Schofield ― Sunday Times Tim Butcher has a respect and affection for West Africa that is genuine and touching, writing in a way that brings out the exuberance and wit of its people. ![]() He exposes the toxic cocktail of colonial exploitation, tribal conflict, ritual violence and blood diamonds that spits out regional monsrosities such as Charles Taylor. ![]() scriptions of walking through the bush, of sweltering heat, sweat and swelling blisters are juxtaposed against moments of beauty.a test of endurance - Aminatta Forna ― Sunday Telegraph A brave book by a writer of skill and principle. ![]()
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