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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Manley is the author of a number of books, including a biography of Henry Salt and The Trans-Siberian Railway: A Traveller’s Anthology. Sahar Abdel-Hakim is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Cairo University and is the author of a number of essays on women travelers to Egypt. They are both founding members of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE). Together they edited Traveling through Egypt: From 450 b.c. to the Twentieth Century (AUC Press, 2004). Klappentext A Nile Anthology brings together the accounts and reflections of visitors and travelers to the Nile between Luxor and Aswan through the ages, from Herodotus in the fifth century BC, and the Arab geographers of medieval times, to such nineteenth-century luminaries as Amelia Edwards, Florence Nightingale, Jean François Champollion, Edward Lane, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From the practicalities of river travel to descriptions of the pharaonic monuments, via the sights, sounds, and smells of the teeming souks, our writers guide us through a world and an age long gone. Vorwort The color and splendor of Upper Egypt in the words of those who traveled the shores of the Nile through time Zusammenfassung The stretch of the longest river in the world that nurtured the world’s first great civilization has drawn and impressed visitors since ancient times. The Greeks were fascinated by the mysterious annual flood of the Nile that brought both water and nourishing silt to the lands along its banks, while nineteenth-century travelers were amazed by the magnificent tombs and temples of Upper Egypt. A Nile Anthology brings together the accounts and reflections of visitors and travelers to the Nile between Luxor and Aswan through the ages, from Herodotus in the fifth century BC, and the Arab geographers of medieval times, to such nineteenth-century luminaries as Amelia Edwards, Florence Nightingale, Jean François Champollion, Edward Lane, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From the practicalities of river travel to descriptions of the pharaonic monuments, via the sights, sounds, and smells of the teeming souks, our writers guide us through a world and an age long gone. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to the Nile The Boundaries of the Country, c. 960 Ebn Haukal The Delights of Nile Water, 1826 John Carne Nile Water, 1825 Dr. R.R. Madden Notes along the Nile, 1910 Pierre Loti 2. Arrangements for Traveling up the Nile Up Nile, c. 960 Ebn Haukal Just an Excursion, 1819 John Fuller The Dahabiya, 1873 Amelia Edwards Nile-boat Prayers, 1842 Sophia Poole Esprit du Nil, 1873 Amelia Edwards At Home on the Nile, 1849 Florence Nightingale Onboard a River Steamer, 1863 Lucie Duff Gordon On the Boats, 1990 Deborah Manley Only on the River, 1836 John Lloyd Stephens Life on the Nile, c. 960 Ebn Haukal 3. Weather Conditions on the Nile Melancholy and Invaders, 1851 George Melly Tracking, 1873 Amelia Edwards The Khamsin, 1849 Florence Nightingale Wind-bound, 1836 John Lloyd Stephens 4. Creatures Living Along the Nile Timseach! Timseach! 1845 Eliot Warburton Locusts, 1827 Robert Hay Creatures Come down to Drink, 1817 Captains Charles Irby and James Mangles 5. The Journey to Luxor The Constant Change of Scene, 1833 Robert Curzon Nile by Night and Dawn, ...
