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[publisher: Dover 2015] Softcover 8vo, br. ed. Jan MorrisEothen ("From the East") recaptures a bold young Englishman's exploits in the Middle East during the 1830s. Alexander William Kinglake recounts his rambles through the Balkans, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt in a style radically different from other travel books of his era. Rather than dwelling on art or monuments, Kinglake's captivating narrative focuses on the natives and their cities. His adventures ? populated by Bedouins, pashas, slave-traders, monks, pilgrims, and other colorfully drawn personalities ? include crossing the desolate Sinai with a four-camel caravan and a sojourn in plague-ridden Cairo. A contemporary of Gladstone at Eton and of Tennyson and Thackeray at Cambridge, Kinglake offers a frankly imperialistic worldview. "As I felt so have I written," he declares in his preface, and his forthright expressions of his thoughts and impressions range in mood from confessional, to comic, to serious, to romantic. Victorian readers were captivated by Kinglake's chatty tone and his uncompromising honesty, and two centuries later this remarkable travelogue remains funny, fresh, and original. [Roma, RM, Italy] [Publication Year: 2015]
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Thomas Nelson and Sons. Non daté. In-16. Relié. Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais. 287 pages. Tranche de tête verte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon The Nelson Classics. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon [France, Sablons, FRA]
LEIPZIG. TAUCHNITZ. 1845-1846 PETIT IN-8 DE XII + 308 PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE 1/2 VELIN A COINS, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN VERT. LES TABLEAUX DE VOYAGE EN ORIENT DE KINGLAKE SONT CELEBRES EN ANGLETERRE. CES IMPRESSIONS, ECRITES DANS LE MODE HUMORISTIQUE, ONT ETE TRADUITES DANS PLUSIEURS LANGUES. RELIE AVEC : - DICKENS CHARLES (1812-1870). THE CHIMES : A GOBLIN STORY OF SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN OLD YEAR OUT AND A NEW YEAR IN. EDITION SANCTIONNED BY THE AUTHOR. LEIPZIG. TAUCHNITZ. 1845. PETIT IN-8 DE 88 PAGES. DEUX OUVRAGES RELIES EN UN VOLUME. BON EXEMPLAIRE. [France, Capens, FRA]
ISBN10: 0486790622, ISBN13: 9780486790626, [publisher: Dover] Softcover Good [Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]
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