340 Pages
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Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2006. This delightful book written in 1892 by a founder of the National Trust is regarded as a classic of high Victorian travel writing. After three journeys to the East, Rawnsley decided that existing guide-books were not sufficiently explicit and set out to write this witty and informative account that reflects a highly likeable character to whom it is impossible not to warm.... Read more
Chapter 1 On Tombs; Chapter 2 With Flinders Petrie at the Mêdûm Pyramid; Chapter 3 How I saw the Great Pharaoh in the Flesh. A Reminiscence of the Bûlâk Museum; Chapter 4 Seti, The Father of Pharaoh the Great; Chapter 5 First Impressions of Thebes; Chapter 6 The Hymns of Ancient Egypt; Chapter 7 The Oldest Book in the World;
Biography
Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (1851-1920) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a Canon of the Church of England, a published poet and a founder of the National Trust. He was instrumental in preserving the natural beauties of the Lake District.
