Author: Henry Edward Leigh CanneyPublisher:
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Category : Medical climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Winter Meteorology of Egypt and Its Influence on Disease
Author: Henry Edward Leigh CanneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A Winter on the Nile
Author: Anthony SattinPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446474399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to Egypt, a country which she had always longed to visit. By an extraordinary coincidence, taking the same boat from Alexandria was an unpublished French writer, Gustave Flaubert. Like Nightingale, he was at the crossroads in his life that was to lead to future acclaim and literary triumph. Egypt for him represented escape and freedom as well as inspiration. But as a wealthy young man travelling with male friends, he had access to an altogether different Egpyt: where Nightingale sought out temples and dispensaries, Flaubert visited brothels and harems. In this beguiling book, Anthony Sattin takes a key moment in the lives of two extraordinary figures on the brink of international fame, and provides a fascinating insight into the early days of travel to one of the greatest tourist destinations on the planet.
A Winter on the Nile, in Egypt, and in Nubia
Author: Charles Dent BellPublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Sailing on the Nile
Author: Laurent LaportePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Arab Winter
Author: Noah FeldmanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691227934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East. Yet everywhere except Tunisia it led to either renewed dictatorship, civil war, extremist terror, or all three. In The Arab Winter, Noah Feldman argues that the Arab Spring was nevertheless not an unmitigated failure, much less an inevitable one. Rather, it was a noble, tragic series of events in which, for the first time in recent Middle Eastern history, Arabic-speaking peoples took free, collective political action as they sought to achieve self-determination.
Winter
Author: Catholic ChurchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Breviaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Notes from Egypt and Syria During the Winter of 1875-6
Author: William Henry CharltonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Egypt
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Christ in Egypt
Author: D. M. MurdockPublisher: Stellar House Publishing
ISBN: 0979963117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
This comparative religion book contains a startling perspective of the extraordinary history of the Egyptian religion and its profound influence upon the later Christian faith. The text demonstrates that the popular god Horus and Jesus possessed many characteristics and attributes in common.
The Arab Winter
Author: Stephen J. KingPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108477410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Compares experiences of the Arab Spring for a comprehensive account of how nations handled the challenge of democratic consolidation.