Author: Amelia B. EdwardsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Author: Amelia B. EdwardsPublisher: Norton Creek Press
ISBN: 0981928420
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
As enthralling as any work of fiction, A Thousand Miles up the Nile is the quintessential Victorian travel book. In 1873, Amelia B. Edwards, an upper-class Victorian spinster, spent the winter visiting the then largely unspoiled splendors of ancient Egypt. An accurate and sympathetic observer, she brings nineteenth-century Egypt to life. A Thousand Miles up the Nile was an instant hit in 1876, and is received with equal enthusiasm by modern readers. Fans of Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody Emerson series will see similarities between the two Amelias. More importantly, A Thousand Miles up the Nile provides a wealth of background information and detail that will increase the reader’s understanding and enjoyment of Peters’ novels. This Norton Creek Press edition of A Thousand Miles up the Nile is a reproduction of the illustrated 1890 edition by Routledge and Sons. Look for more of Edwards’ works from Norton Creek Press.
A Thousand Miles Up The Nile
Author: Amelia Ann BlandfordPublisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849678342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Miss Blandfords’ 'A Thousand Miles Up the Nile ' is one of the classics of the literature of Egypt. Her work as an Egyptologist, and deserved reputation as such, began with the expedition of which it is the narrative. The author has studied her subjects with great care; she has consulted and compared authorities ancient and modern, with much industry; and her examination of the remains she describes was a labor of love and enthusiasm. . . Nor does she confine her attention to art and archaeology. She gives many fresh and lively sketches of the often described life of the dahabecah; of its great events, such as sand-storms and of the natives.
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Amelia Blanford EdwardsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260389091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Excerpt from A Thousand Miles Up the Nile, Vol. 2 of 2 From Korosko to Derr, the actual distance is about eleven miles and a half; but what with obstructions in the bed of the river, and what with a wind that would have been favourable but for another great bend which the Nile takes towards the East, those eleven miles and a half cost us the best part of two days' hard tracking. Landing from time to time when the boat was close in shore, we found the order of planting every where the same, lupins and lentils on the slope against the water-line; an uninterrupted grove of palms on the edge of the bank; in the space beyond, fields of cotton and young corn; and then the desert. The arable soil was divided off, as usual, by hundreds of water channels; and seemed to be excellently farmed as well as abundantly irrigated. Not a weed was to be seen; not an inch of soil appeared to be wasted. In odd corners where there was room for nothing else, cu cumbers and vegetable-marrows flourished and bore fruit. Nowhere had we seen castor-berries so large, cotton-pods so full, or palms so lofty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
Author: Amelia Edwards
Author: Amelia Blandford EdwardsNineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part II vol 7
Author: Peter J KitsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000558991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile; Volume II
Author: Amelia Ann Blanford EdwardsPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015454736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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A Thousand Miles Up The Nile
Author: Amelia Ann BlandfordPublisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849650332
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Miss Blandfords' 'A Thousand Miles Up the Nile ' is one of the classics of the literature of Egypt. Her work as an Egyptologist, and deserved reputation as such, began with the expedition of which it is the narrative. The author has studied her subjects with great care; she has consulted and compared authorities ancient and modern, with much industry; and her examination of the remains she describes was a labor of love and enthusiasm. . . Nor does she confine her attention to art and archaeology. She gives many fresh and lively sketches of the often described life of the dahabecah; of its great events, such as sand-storms and of the natives.
