Mungo Park survived lions, torture and disease ... but nothing could save him from his obsession with Africa; Tearstained letters reveal private torment of a man torn between beloved wife and children, and destiny as a great explorer.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | March 12, 2002| | Copyright

Byline: JEREMY HODGES

He was Scotland's first great African explorer, a hero opening up the 'heart of darkness' to European eyes.

But to his beautiful young wife and family, Mungo Park was a kind and gentle man who longed to be with them when his travels took him far away.

Letters newly acquired by the National Library of Scotland, examined here by JEREMY HODGES, reveal the tragedy behind the legend.

IT was only when the nightmares disturbed her husband's sleep that Allison Park had any inkling of the horrors he had been through. In 1799, ...

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