A Cairo Anthology

Two Hundred Years of Travel Writing

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2013
The American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
978-977-416-612-9 (ISBN)

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Cairo has long been recognized as one of the great cities of the world, and many travelers have recorded their descriptions of it over the centuries--from the early eye-witness account of Herodotus to the reflections of Sir Richard Burton, Florence Nightingale, and Mark Twain. A Cairo Anthology gathers together the impressions of many of these writers: with them we experience the excitement of exploring the great city, through its crowded streets and colorful bazaars, we enter the hotels, hire donkeys, ascend to the historic Citadel, and look out across the Nile toward the Sphinx and the Pyramids, and we visit those vast monuments that are in reality always larger and more extraordinary than one can believe, and climb to their summits to gaze back at Cairo, the Mother of the World. About the series: The elegant, pocket-sized volumes in the AUC Press Anthology series feature the writings and observations of travel writers and diarists through the centuries. Vivid and evocative travelers' accounts of some of the world's great cities and regions are enhanced by the exquisite vintage design in small hardback format that make the books ideal gift books as well as perfect travel companions. Designed on cream paper stock and beautifully illustrated with line drawings and archival photographs.

Deborah Manley is the co-editor of Traveling through Egypt: From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century (AUC Press, 2004), Traveling through Sinai: From the Fourth to the Twenty-first Century (AUC Press, 2006), and Traveling through the Deserts of Egypt: From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century (AUC Press, 2009).

Introduction
History
The Citadel
The Mosques of Cairo
The Bazaars and Streets of Cairo
The Gardens of Cairo
The Pyramids and Sphinx
Cairo Farewell
The Travelers
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2013
Zusatzinfo	15 bw integrated
Verlagsort	Cairo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 160 mm
Gewicht	282 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Reiseführer ► Afrika ► Ägypten
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	977-416-612-4 / 9774166124
ISBN-13	978-977-416-612-9 / 9789774166129
Zustand	Neuware