Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Cornhill to Grand Cairo
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Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray
This little-known work from Thackeray's early career, written while he was still an impecunious journalist and before the success of Vanity Fair, shows the style which was soon to make him a major literary figure. It is a lively account of his journey in 1844 to the Eastern Mediterranean, via Gibraltar, Malta and Rhodes, to visit the newly-fashionable extensions to the Grand Tour of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Cairo. Thackeray travels by steamboat, itself a novelty, and gives his impressions of the people, antiquities and buildings which had already begun to captivate the imagination of the British public. These impressions combine to make a spirited and witty travelogue - sometimes irreverent, sometimes cynical, but vivid in description. The illustrations, some of which have only recently become accessible, are by leading orientalist painters of the period, a number of whom were visited by Thackeray on his journey and are featured in the book.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781873054017 |
| ISBN 10 | 1873054017 |
| Title | Cornhill to Grand Cairo |
| Author | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1991-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |