In Morocco

The classic account of Edith Wharton's journey to Morocco in the final days of WW1, at a time when there was no guidebook to the country. Travelling from Rabat to Fez to Moulay Idriss and Marrakech, she recorded her encounters with Morocco's peoples, traditions and ceremonies, capturing a country at a moment of transition.

About the author

Edith Wharton, born Edith Newbold Jones, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was born in 1862 and died in 1937. Wharton was the first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, for The Age of Innocence. She traveled widely in Morocco during the Great War.

Summary

Edith Wharton journeyed to Morocco in the final days of the First World War, at a time when there was no guidebook to the country. In Morocco is the classic account of her expedition.

Product details

• Authors: Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton
• Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9781909612594
• ISBN: 978-1-909612-59-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 166 g
• Series: Stanfords Travel Classics; Stanfords Travel Classics
• Subject: Travel > Travel guides > Africa