A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by EDWARDS, Amelia B - 1877

Parkway, 1993-01-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

MP3 Audio CD. If you are interested in travelogues that take you to exotic places and are written in an engaging style that captivates your interest from the first page to the last, A Thousand Miles up the Nile will surely win your appreciation. Written by one of the most celebrated novelists and journalists of the second half of the 19th century, the book describes Edwards' journey up the river Nile undertaken in 1873-74.Edwards toured Egypt in the company of some friends ? a journey she describes in great detail and in vivid colors in her travelogue published only a few years after her return from Egypt in 1877. The itinerary of the journey ? the approximately 1,000 miles between Alexandria and the Second Cataract of the Nile ? is varied, giving the writer plenty of opportunity to observe local culture, customs and people. Her fascination with the extraordinary world she finds in Egypt is obvious from the first page, but she soon becomes aware of the threats that the ancient monuments of Egypt are… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. If you are interested in travelogues that take you to exotic places and are written in an engaging style that captivates your interest from the first page to the last, A Thousand Miles up the Nile will surely win your appreciation. Written by one of the most celebrated novelists and journalists of the second half of the 19th century, the book describes Edwards' journey up the river Nile undertaken in 1873-74.Edwards toured Egypt in the company of some friends ? a journey she describes in great detail and in vivid colors in her travelogue published only a few years after her return from Egypt in 1877. The itinerary of the journey ? the approximately 1,000 miles between Alexandria and the Second Cataract of the Nile ? is varied, giving the writer plenty of opportunity to observe local culture, customs and people. Her fascination with the extraordinary world she finds in Egypt is obvious from the first page, but she soon becomes aware of the threats that the ancient monuments of Egypt are… Read More

London: Century Pub.. VG- In Wraps. Reprint Of 1877 Edition. Faint Edgewear. Rear Wrap Lightly Creased. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 499.. 1982. Reprint. Trade Paperback..

Pimlico, 1982-11-11. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: A.L. Burt. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth, wear to spine caps, bumps and tattering to corners, blemishes, shelfwear; Text block has gilt top edge, spotting to fore edge, number in ink on front endpapers, cracked hinges front and rear, foxing to frontispiece, light age-toning to paper; xvii, 454 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w). 1356209. FP New Rockville Stock.