Last Letters from Egypt: To Which Are Added Letters from the Cape

by Lucie Duff-Gordon

Book Overview

Lucie Duff Gordon (1821-1869) was a translator and travel writer. Forced to leave England in 1851 due to tuberculosis, she went first to South Africa and then to Egypt. Her letters home were published with considerable success. She writes with great feeling about the ordinary life of the Egyptians: her interest in and sympathy with them is clear, and her affection for them led her to criticise the derogatory way in which many western visitors regarded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108026958
• ISBN13: 9781108026956
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"