John Lloyd Stephens
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
Buch
Perhaps the first modern travelogues still to capture the imaginations of armchair explorers, the mid-19th-century bestselling books of American diplomat and writer JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS (1805-1852) read like the most inspired of novels, their poetic immediacy placing the reader square in the saddle of adventure. In this classic 1837 work-which no less a critic than Edgar Allan Poe praised for its freshness of manner evincing manliness of feeling-Stephens takes the reader on an evocative journey through the Middle East, from a visit to the pyramids of Egypt to encounters with enthusiastic locals and much more,…
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Perhaps the first modern travelogues still to capture the imaginations of armchair explorers, the mid-19th-century bestselling books of American diplomat and writer JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS (1805-1852) read like the most inspired of novels, their poetic immediacy placing the reader square in the saddle of adventure. In this classic 1837 work-which no less a critic than Edgar Allan Poe praised for its freshness of manner evincing manliness of feeling-Stephens takes the reader on an evocative journey through the Middle East, from a visit to the pyramids of Egypt to encounters with enthusiastic locals and much more, Complete with all the beautiful original illustrations by English artist and architect FREDERICK CATHERWOOD (1799-1854), this delightful book continues to enthrall adventurous spirits today.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60520-376-8
- EAN: 9781605203768
- Produktnummer: 4402693
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 512 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.9 cm 676 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 676
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