Anthony Sattin

Lifting the Veil (eBook, PDF)

Two Centuries of Travellers, Traders and Tourists in Egypt

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Anthony Sattin illuminates the passions and intrigues of an extraordinary cast of characters in Egypt.

Ever since the first intrepid European explorers ventured up the Nile, an eclectic crowd of tourists, soldiers, fortune-seekers, tomb-raiders and empire-builders has travelled to Egypt. Whether sparked by its rich history and compelling landscapes, the elusive ruins of a once-magnificent civilisation or the country's strategic importance in world politics, the west's fascination with Egypt has flourished over the past two centuries.

From Florence Nightingale to Lord Nelson, Giovanni Belzoni to Howard Carter, Somerset Maugham to E.M. Forster and Gustave Flaubert to Noel Coward, they scrambled up the pyramids, floated down the Nile, partied on the terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, plotted, ransacked, lived, loved and were forever changed by their experience - as Egypt was by them.

Lifting the Veil is a fast-paced narrative, richly adorned with gossip, anecdote and adventure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857719966
• Artikelnr.: 39142164

Autorenporträt

Anthony Sattin is a writer of history and travel, a specialist on the Middle East and North Africa. The author of several highly-acclaimed books, including The Pharoah's Shadow, The Gates of Africa and A Winter on the Nile, he is also a regular contributor to the Sunday Times and Conde Nast Traveller and has been widely published in the UK and 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.