You have no items in your shopping cart.
Close
Search
Filters

My Winter on the Nile

From the eyes of a novelist, Warner illustrates the drama and romance of a voyage through Egypt. Particularly attracted to the Muslim life and practice in Egypt, and the monuments of the ancient empires, Warner takes the reader through the length of the country into Ethiopia and tropical Africa. A travelogue that captures the 19th century fascination with the East, this volume will delight anyone interested in Egypt.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Availability: In stock
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-59333-723-0
  • *
Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Dec 10,2008
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 498
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-59333-723-0
$205.00
Your price: $123.00
Ship to
*
*
Shipping Method
Name
Estimated Delivery
Price
No shipping options

The fascination nineteenth-century travelers felt for Egypt would be difficult to overestimate. Drawn by notions taken from the Bible and tales of the timelessness of the pyramids and the lasting beauty of Egyptian architecture, many made their way to the ancient world’s most famous oasis. From the eyes of a novelist, Warner illustrates the drama and romance of a voyage to the Middle East when it was still largely unknown. Particularly attracted to the Muslim life and practice in Egypt, and the monuments of the ancient empires, Warner takes the reader through Cairo, its bazaar and the surrounding desert. The journey down the Nile is narrated with a sense of discovery and wonder, including a description of the author’s Christmas on the Nile. Thebes and Karnak are visited on the river trek down into Ethiopia and tropical Africa. Warner takes the time to discuss the history of the concepts such as life after death for the ancient Egyptians that he encountered on his travels. A reflective journey back down the great river concludes the travelogue and takes the author to the brink of his journey following the tracks of the Israelites on the exodus from Egypt.

Charles Dudley Warner (1824-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York and studied law at the University of Pennsylvania. After practicing law, he moved into a career as an editor, eventually coming onto the staff of Harpers. He served as the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and was also president of the American Social Science Association.

The fascination nineteenth-century travelers felt for Egypt would be difficult to overestimate. Drawn by notions taken from the Bible and tales of the timelessness of the pyramids and the lasting beauty of Egyptian architecture, many made their way to the ancient world’s most famous oasis. From the eyes of a novelist, Warner illustrates the drama and romance of a voyage to the Middle East when it was still largely unknown. Particularly attracted to the Muslim life and practice in Egypt, and the monuments of the ancient empires, Warner takes the reader through Cairo, its bazaar and the surrounding desert. The journey down the Nile is narrated with a sense of discovery and wonder, including a description of the author’s Christmas on the Nile. Thebes and Karnak are visited on the river trek down into Ethiopia and tropical Africa. Warner takes the time to discuss the history of the concepts such as life after death for the ancient Egyptians that he encountered on his travels. A reflective journey back down the great river concludes the travelogue and takes the author to the brink of his journey following the tracks of the Israelites on the exodus from Egypt.

Charles Dudley Warner (1824-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York and studied law at the University of Pennsylvania. After practicing law, he moved into a career as an editor, eventually coming onto the staff of Harpers. He served as the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and was also president of the American Social Science Association.

Write your own review
  • Only registered users can write reviews
*
*
Bad
Excellent
*
*
*
*
Contributor

Charles Warner

Customers who bought this item also bought
Picture of  The Life & Legend of the Vilna Ger Tzedek Count Walenty Potocki

The Life & Legend of the Vilna Ger Tzedek Count Walenty Potocki

Walenty Potocki was a young Polish nobleman who abandoned wealth, power, and unlimited worldly prospects to convert to new religion - Judaism. Potocki was betrayed by a member of the religious community he embraced and burned at the stake by the Church he left behind in 1749. This book examines eleven versions of this remarkable man’s story and the heated, previously unpublished, correspondence between the Potocki clan and one of his early biographers. Noble Soul is the record of one man’s defining faith, and of the compelling human need for personal spiritual fulfillment.
$144.00 $86.40
Picture of Recent Developments in Midrash Research

Recent Developments in Midrash Research

This work consists of a selection of papers from sessions during the first two years of SBL Consultation on Midrash. It demonstrates innovative approaches to midrashic texts and hermeneutic reflections on similarities and differences between interpretations of the Bible.
$111.00 $66.60
Picture of All is in the Hands of Heaven

All is in the Hands of Heaven

Mordecai Joseph Leiner of Izbica was a unique thinker in the history of Hasidism with a highly personal vision of Judaism. His teachings, partially derived from the Przysucha-Kotsk school, adopted the concept of absolute divine providence as a cornerstone. He also reinterpreted the Lurianic concept of tiqqun, originally intended as a cosmological concept, to apply to the individual, creating a new path to spiritual self-perfection.
$124.00 $74.40
ImageFromGFF

How Should Rabbinic Literature Be Read in the Modern World?

Through literary, historical, archaeological, and engendered readings, this collection of essays presents a multidisciplinary analysis of rabbinic texts. Such a conversation between diverse scholars illuminates the hermeneutical issues generated by the contemporary study of the Talmud and Midrash.
$174.00 $104.40