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Timbuctoo (2012)

by Tahir Shah(Favorite Author)

4.36 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0957242905 (ISBN13: 9780957242906)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Secretum Mundi

review 1: Based on truth, and impeccably researched, this is the story of a sailor found close to death on the streets of London in December 1815. Robert Adams, an American, is invited to narrate his tale in front of an open audience, and soon all of high society is clamouring to hear how he once came to be the guest of the King of Timbuctoo.Tahir Shah has a very definite gift for telling stories in a way that it sucks you in and makes you believe every word for gospel. Even though I knew this was not 100% factual, I consumed this book and lived it. I would absolutely love to see this being made into a movie. From beginning to end I thoroughly enjoyed reading Timbuctoo on Kindle, and I can't wait to get my copy of the hard cover book!
review 2: I hadn't really thought m... moreuch about the Regency period before. I'd seen The Madness of King George and loved it, so that gave me a handle on it: while George III was locked up at Windsor in his bouts of madness, his son, the Prince Regent, was living it up in town. Although Timbuctoo is about an American man's enslavement and journey to Timbuctoo, it's also about Regency London which was fascinated with the fabled African town, rumoured to be paved with gold.In a way, the royal extravagance of the Regency paved the way for the terrible conditions of Victorian London. I'd never really thought about it, even though, growing up in London, Regents Park, Regents Street, the Regents Canal were part of the landscape.The book is great. Beautifully, beautifully produced - the cover, endpapers, paper, pull-out maps. And the writing is tremendous too. Into the interweaving African and London tales is a mystery to be solved. less

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