num_pages: 254
description: In 1858, Samuel Baker bought Florence at a slave auction. They set out in search of the sources of the Nile. Returning to Europe they secretly married. Sam was knighted, and so the girl from the slave market became Lady Baker.
language: English
title: Lovers on the Nile: The Incredible African Journeys of Sam and Florence Baker
titlecomplete: Lovers on the Nile: The Incredible African Journeys of Sam and Florence Baker
genres: Africa, Biography
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Random House