EOTHEN HC - Hardcover

Kinglake, Alexander William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712600310 ISBN 13: 9780712600316

Publisher: Random House UK, 1982

Synopsis

I had come, as it were, to the end of this wheel-going Europe, and now my eyes would see the splendour and havoc of the East.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Eothen ("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.
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About the Author

Kinglake was an English historian and travel writer. He gave a unique touch to the genre of travelogue through his expression and style. He also had a flourishing business as a lawyer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House UK
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712600310
• ISBN 13: 9780712600316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226