Eothen: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440073112 ISBN 13: 9781440073113

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2010

Synopsis

PREFACE
ADDJlIi:SSIi:D BY
THE AUTHOR TO O~£ OF' HIS FRIENDS.
V HhN you first entertained the idea of travel1ing in the
East, you asked me to send you an outline of the tour
which I had made, in order that you might the better be
able to choose a route for yourself. In answer to this request,
I gave YOll a large French map, on which the ,course
of my journeys had been carefully marked; but I did not
conceal from myse14 that this was rather a dry mo~e for a
man to adopt, when he v:ished to impart the results of his
experience to a dear and intimate friend. Now, long before
the period of your planning an Oriental tOllT, I had
intended to write some account of my Eastern Travels.
I had, indeed~ begttn the task, and had failed; I had begun
it a seconu time, and failing again, had abandoned my at·
tempt with a. sensation of utter distaste. I was unable to
speak out, and chiefly, I think, for this reason-that I knew
not to whom I was speaking. It might be YOll, or, perhap

Table of Contents

CONTENTS~; "lO~; PREFACE V; CHAP I OVF" TilE DORDER 1; rIo JOURN'EY rBOb~ BELGRADE TO CONI;TANTIl>OPL~ 11; III CONSTANTINOPLE 23; IV TJi:E TROAD 31; V IN}j'lDI:L SlI'fyltNA 37; VI GREEK MAR1~·ER9 47; VII CYI'RUS ~5; VIII LADY HEI!l'£n S'l'ANlIOPW;; 62; IX THE SANCTUARY 84-; X TtlE lfO;'KS OT TtlE 1IoLY LAND 87; XL }'RO!)I NAZARJ:TH TO TIBERIAe 93; XII My FIBb"T BIVOUAC 97; XIII THE DEAD Sli!A 104; XIV THl! BlAC K TE::iT9 110; XV PAeeAG~ OF l'ItE JORDAN 113; XVI TERRA SANTA · 118; XVlI THli; Dw;;sERT 133; XVIII C,lRO AND THE PLAQUE 154; XIX TH ~ PYR "MinE 176; XX THE "Sl'HYNXo 170; XXI CAlBO TO SUEZ 191; XXII Su~z 19S; XXII[ SUEZ TO GAZA LQ3; XXIV GA2iA TO N As('O'U'

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:

Alexander William Kinglake (1809–91) was an English travel writer and Member of Parliament. He wrote an in-depth account of the Crimean War but is best remembered for this work, an account of his 1834–35 trip to the Balkans, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, and Palestine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1440073112
• ISBN 13: 9781440073113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244