This is an excellent biography of David Livingstone. Beautifully written, an engaging and dramatic story. And it is all condensed into about 100 pages. I had this book with me while traveling to Ujiji, where Stanley found Livingstone, and it was the perfect companion, read by the other two I was traveling with and recommended to all we met. My vision of Livingstone was rather Sunday School - an earnest missionary - but this book presents a much more human, driven figure. I now want to know more about other books by Amanda Mitchison.Thank you.