River Spirit

It took me a while to get into the story, but once I did I was able to completely immerse myself in it. This is a feast for literature connoisseurs! The story takes place in 19th century Sudan. Akuany and her little brother Bol have been orphaned in a village raid and taken in by their late father’s......more

Set in the Sudan in the late eighteenth century, this was a real eye opener for me as I know nothing of Sudan's history and next to nothing about the Ottoman empire. Adding to that, while I've read a lot on the slave trade in the Americas, I have never given much thought to that trade in the Middle......more

Set in nineteenth-century Sudan, this novel tells the story of the years that led up to the British conquest of that region in 1898. It explores the tensions that existed between not only Britain and Sudan but also between Christianity and Islam. We experience all of that through the eyes of a girl......more

River Spirit is a unique work of historical fiction set in 1890's Sudan, at a turning point in the country's history, as its population began to rise up again the Ottoman Empire that ruled it, only the people were not united, due to the opposition leadership coming from a man who claimed to be the "......more

This intricately woven historical fiction novel is set towards the end of the 19th century in Sudan. The story moves from a village in the south of Sudan to Khartoum and Omdurman and many places in between. It shows Sudan under Ottoman rule, its subjects growing more discontent as their conditions be......more