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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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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.
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- PublisherCentury Publishing Co.
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0712600329
- ISBN 13 9780712600323
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. Trade paperback. 226pp., Introduction by Jonathan Raban. Contains preface to the first edition, originall published in the mid 1800's. First printing thus of this moden reprint. Literally meaning "from the east" Eothen recounts Kinglake's travels from Constantinople to Smyrna, from Cypress to Greece and the Lebanon, following the 19th century passion for exploring the Orient. A classic in its genre, the present copy is a clean, square, unmarked paperback with no spine crease and no former ownership marks. Retail price sticker on rear panel. Very good+. Seller Inventory # 009311
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