On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel

by Andrew Humphreys

Book Overview

A colorfully illustrated celebration of the classic era of cruising on the Nile, new in paperback Since Antony and Cleopatra honeymooned on the Nile on a gilded barge, visitors to Egypt have taken to the river as the best way to experience the country's wonders. Early travelers took a dahabiya, an elegant triangular-sailed houseboat, and leisurely meandered from riverside site to site, for three months or more. Then from the late nineteenth century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649031122
• ISBN13: 9781649031129
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.4"