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On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel
Taschenbuch von Andrew Humphreys
Sprache: Englisch

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"This is an illustrated celebration of the classic era of cruising on the Nile. Early travelers took a dahabiya, an elegant triangular-sailed houseboat, and leisurely meandered from site to site, for three months or more. Then from the late nineteenth century, Thomas Cook of Leicester, England, revolutionized the journey with a fleet of specially built paddle steamers. For the next sixty years these 'floating palaces,' with their private cabins, and dining, smoking, and viewing salons, red-uniformed dragoman guides, and organized donkey excursions, carried the aristocratic, moneyed, and adventurous of international society of the time. Using period photography, and colorful vintage posters and advertising material, this book tells the story of the people, the places, and the boats, from pioneering Nile travelers like Amelia Edwards and Lucie Duff Gordon, through to famed later passengers, such as Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Agatha Christie, whose staging of a death on the Nile only added to the allure."--Provided by publishe
"This is an illustrated celebration of the classic era of cruising on the Nile. Early travelers took a dahabiya, an elegant triangular-sailed houseboat, and leisurely meandered from site to site, for three months or more. Then from the late nineteenth century, Thomas Cook of Leicester, England, revolutionized the journey with a fleet of specially built paddle steamers. For the next sixty years these 'floating palaces,' with their private cabins, and dining, smoking, and viewing salons, red-uniformed dragoman guides, and organized donkey excursions, carried the aristocratic, moneyed, and adventurous of international society of the time. Using period photography, and colorful vintage posters and advertising material, this book tells the story of the people, the places, and the boats, from pioneering Nile travelers like Amelia Edwards and Lucie Duff Gordon, through to famed later passengers, such as Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Agatha Christie, whose staging of a death on the Nile only added to the allure."--Provided by publishe
Über den Autor
Andrew Humphreys
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781649031129
ISBN-10: 1649031122
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Humphreys, Andrew
Hersteller: American University in Cairo Press
Maße: 240 x 194 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Humphreys
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,695 kg
Artikel-ID: 119655762
Über den Autor
Andrew Humphreys
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781649031129
ISBN-10: 1649031122
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Humphreys, Andrew
Hersteller: American University in Cairo Press
Maße: 240 x 194 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Humphreys
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,695 kg
Artikel-ID: 119655762
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