An amazing read following the colourful life of Cashel Greville Ross from the killing fields of Waterloo to the searing heat of North Africa in an attempt to find the source of the Nile. Boyd is the master of whole life stories and each page is another discovery as Ross enlists as a soldier, becomes a farmer in the US, and has limited success as a published author. However it is his love affair with the beautiful Ravenna that holds the reader's attention until the final pages as we discover how chance, time and lost opportunites all come together to dictate the direction of the life of Cashel Ross. A brilliant book and highly recommended!
