Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa
by
Pat Shipman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Szász stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer, was moved by compassion and an immediate, overpowering empathy...