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Egypt
Deborah Manley
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Description for Egypt
Paperback. No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting travelers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. This book includes descriptions about a myth from a papyrus next to Naguib Mahfouz's account of Alexandria, and Florence Nightingale describing Abu Simbel side by side with Ahdaf Soueif's description of Sinai. Series: Through Writers' Eyes. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travelers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. Then came pilgrims to Sinai, crusaders and Napoleon, followed by the grand tourists of the eighteenth century, and those less grand with Thomas Cook in the nineteenth. The range of voices gathered here is dazzling: an ancient myth from a papyrus next to Naguib Mahfouz's account of Alexandria, Florence Nightingale describing Abu Simbel side by side with Ahdaf Soueif's description of Sinai. A description of medieval Cairo by Ibn Jubayr walks hand in hand with ... Read more
No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travelers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. Then came pilgrims to Sinai, crusaders and Napoleon, followed by the grand tourists of the eighteenth century, and those less grand with Thomas Cook in the nineteenth. The range of voices gathered here is dazzling: an ancient myth from a papyrus next to Naguib Mahfouz's account of Alexandria, Florence Nightingale describing Abu Simbel side by side with Ahdaf Soueif's description of Sinai. A description of medieval Cairo by Ibn Jubayr walks hand in hand with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Through Writers' Eyes
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780955010569
SKU
V9780955010569
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99-99
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