Alexandria - A History and Guide

With a novelist''s pen, Forster brings to life the fabled, romantic city of Alexander the Great, capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, beacon of light and culture symbolised by the Pharos, where the doomed love affair of Antony and Cleopatra was played out and the greatest library the world has ever known was built. In the autumn of 1915, in a ''slightly heroic mood'', E.M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring ''the magic, antiquity and complexity'' of the place in order to cope with living in what he saw as a ''funk-hole''.Threading 3,000 years of history with vibrant strands of literature and punctuating the narrative with his own experiences, Forster immortalised Alexandria in this book, painting an incomparable portrait of the great city and, inadvertently, himself.>

Product details

• Authors: E. M. Forster, E.M. Forster
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781838605896
• ISBN: 978-1-83860-589-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Antike, Ägypten, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Archäologie einer Periode / Region, Altes Ägypten, Afrikanische Geschichte, Reiseführer: Museen, historische Stätten, Galerien usw., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Klassische Reiseberichte, Reiseliteratur, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Hikes & Walks, TRAVEL / Middle East / Egypt, History: earliest times to present day, Ancient World, Ancient History, African History, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Autobiography: writers, Classic Travel Writing, Ancient Egypt, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Middle East: places of interest, African history: pre-colonial period, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt