A gripping story of survival in the 19th century Sahara.
In 1817, Captain James Riley's story of the survival of himself and the crew of his ship "Commerce", after they ran aground in the Western Sahara, sold a million copies. Drawing on Riley's book, another bestselling book by one of his crew, and numerous other accounts, 'Skeletons On The Zahara' tells their extraordinary story of near starvation, danger and eventual survival. Complete with added slavery, terrifying natives, snail-eating and the drinking of camel's blood.
