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Forgotten Books, 2012. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Forgotten Books, 2012-06-10. Paperback. Used: Good.

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Trotamundas Press, 2009-01-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

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

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

Trotamundas Press, 2008-01-20. Paperback. Good.

MP3 Audio CD. A Thousand Miles up the Nile CHAPTER I. CAIRO AND THE GREAT PYRAMID. IT is the traveller's lot to dine at many table-d'hôtes in the course of many wanderings ; but it seldom befalls him to make one of a more miscellaneous gathering than that which overfills the great dining-room at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo during the beginning and height of the regular Egyptian season. Here assemble daily some two to three hundred persons of all ranks, nationalities, and pursuits ; half of whom are Anglo-Indians homeward or outward bound, European residents, or visitors established in Cairo for the winter. The other half, it may be taken for granted, are going up the Nile. So composite and incongruous is this body of Nile-goers, young and old, well-dressed and ill-dressed, learned and unlearned, that the new-comer's first impulse is to inquire from what motives so many persons of dissimilar tastes and training can be led to embark upon an expedition which is, to say the least of it, very… 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

MP3 Audio CD. A Thousand Miles up the Nile CHAPTER I. CAIRO AND THE GREAT PYRAMID. IT is the traveller's lot to dine at many table-d'hôtes in the course of many wanderings ; but it seldom befalls him to make one of a more miscellaneous gathering than that which overfills the great dining-room at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo during the beginning and height of the regular Egyptian season. Here assemble daily some two to three hundred persons of all ranks, nationalities, and pursuits ; half of whom are Anglo-Indians homeward or outward bound, European residents, or visitors established in Cairo for the winter. The other half, it may be taken for granted, are going up the Nile. So composite and incongruous is this body of Nile-goers, young and old, well-dressed and ill-dressed, learned and unlearned, that the new-comer's first impulse is to inquire from what motives so many persons of dissimilar tastes and training can be led to embark upon an expedition which is, to say the least of it, very… 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..

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Trotamundas Press, 2008-01-20. Paperback. Used:Good.

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

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