num_pages: 464
description: David Livingstone is revered as one of the world's greatest explorers and missionaries and as the first European to cross Africa. This biography reveals the man behind the myth, one capable of ruthless cruelty as well as self-sacrifice and bravery, and dogged by failure as well as success.
language: English
title: Livingstone
titlecomplete: Livingstone
characters: Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Travel, Africa, History
ratings_count: 130
places: Nyasaland, Africa, Malawi
publisher: Yale University Press