“A terrific love story . . . fascinating and historically interesting . . . [a] highly readable book.” — San Jose Mercury News
“I found myself caught up in the narrative . . . convincing.” — Grand Rapids Press
“Shipman’s account shines with historical clarity and narrative fluency...a reverent and careful tribute.” — Publishers Weekly
“Absorbing ... conveys the danger in confronting Africa’s vast unchartered territory [and] reveals the life of a very tough woman.” — Los Angeles Times
“An extraordinary achievement of research and imagination.” — Stanley Weintraub, biographer of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Benjamin Disraeli, and Charlotte and Lionel Rothschild
“A brilliant history and an engrossing tale.” — Shawn Carlson, Ph.D., MacArthur Fellow