The Nile by Deborah Manley
An illustrated anthology of travellers to the Nile, celebrating one of the world's greatest rivers, this text synthesizes written accounts by travellers from many different eras. Described by the author as literary archaeology, the book consists of records and comments by travellers, arranged to follow the Nile from Alexandra to Wadi Haifa, and bringing together the impressions of the river by more than 100 like-minded travellers. It includes extracts from writers as diverse as Herodotus, Pliny, Mark Twain, Chateaubriand, William Golding, Lawrence Durrell, Jan Morris, Agatha Christie, Evelyn Waugh and Winston Churchill.
Manley, Deborah: - Deborah Manley is the author of a number of books, including a biography of Henry Salt and The Trans-Siberian Railway: A Traveller's Anthology. Sahar Abdel-Hakim is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Cairo University and is the author of a number of essays on women travelers to Egypt. They are both founding members of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE). Together they edited Traveling through Egypt: From 450 b.c. to the Twentieth Century (AUC Press, 2004).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780304348435 |
| ISBN 10 | 0304348430 |
| Title | The Nile |
| Author | Deborah Manley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 1996-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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