This e-book is an extract from Encounters that Changed the World and is also available as part of that complete publication.
He didn't realize it at the time, but in the late 1860s, David Livingstone had disappeared and was presumed dead. He had been in Central Africa and out of touch with the world for 5 years. In November 1871, Henry Morton Stanley mounted an expedition to find him. Read about the famous encounter between Stanley and Livingstone along with other famous chance encounters that changed the world.
Contents: Sir Cloudesley Shovel and Navigation, William Wilberforce and Slavery, Wordsworth and the French Revolution, Nelson and the French Sniper, Dr Barnardo and the Homeless, Algernon Swinburne and Guy de Paupassant, Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone, Dr Crippen and Chief Inspector Drew, The Titanic and the Iceberg