Egypt's Belle Epoque

Egypt''s Belle Epoque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail''s Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Kings and emperors, artists, writers and Europe''s most sophisticated flocked to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian gardens, where glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile and where Verdi''s Aida would later premiere at the new opera house. But the splendour was short-lived. Only a year after the Suez Canal opened, the Second Empire in France collapsed and the Khedive''s excesses plunged Egypt into crippling debt. Ismail was eventually forced to abdicate, leaving Cairo to the British who occupied Egypt in all but name.''An enthralling account of a period in Egypt''s history now too often forgotten. Trevor Mostyn brings to life a glittering near century which launched Cairo as one of the world''s great cities.'' - Lisa Appignanesi''Egypt''s Belle Epoque has the immediacy of oral history. This narrative depicts with wit and elegance the grandeur and decadence of a not so distant past. Trevor Mostyn writes as if he was himself a witness to the extraordinary events.'' - Moris Farhi>

Product details

• Authors: Trevor Mostyn, Mostyn Trevor
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2006
• EAN: 9781845112400
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-240-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks; Continnuum-3PL
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th Century, Egypt, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Africa / North, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism