Lifting the Veil by Anthony Sattin
From Napoleon Bonaparte with his schemes to control the overland route to India, to tomb-raiders such as Giovanni Belzoni; from scholars like hieroglyph-decoder Champollion to Thomas Cook and his wide-eyed tourists, this narrative illuminates a bygone world and charts the end of imperialism and the advent of Egyptian Independence.
"'Lifting the Veil is just the book to take along with your Agatha Christies and Olivia Mannings (and the Alexandria Quartet for good measure) as you board that Luxor-bound steamer at Cairo' - Charles Allen, Sunday Times"
Anthony Sattin is a writer of history and travel, a specialist on the Middle East and North Africa and one of the ten key influences in modern travel writing according to Giles Foden. The author of several highly-acclaimed books, including The Pharaoh's Shadow, The Gates of Africa and A Winter on the Nile, Sattin is also a regular contributor to the Sunday Times and Conde Nast Traveller and has been widely published in the UK and in publications around the world. His broadcast work includes several high profile radio documentaries on the Arab world. He sits on the editorial advisory board of Geographical Magazine and has contributed to several guidebook series, including the Lonely Planet volumes on Egypt and Algeria.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848857698 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848857691 |
| Title | Lifting the Veil |
| Author | Anthony Sattin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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