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Eothen - Traces of Travels brought home from the East - cover

Eothen - Traces of Travels brought home from the East

Alexander Kinglake

Editorial: Eland Publishing

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One of the most witty and idiosyncratic travel books, Eothen started out as a few notes scribbled on the back of a map for a friend, but took Kinglake seven years of painstaking work to finesse. The physical details of the journey, undertaken in 1834 through Turkey, Cyprus, the Holy Land, Cairo and Damascus, are barely mentioned. The infectious charm lies in the conversations, the whimsical chance encounters and the attitudes of the author. Over the years, Kinglake has been recognised as a stylist without equal.
Disponible desde: 07/06/2024.
Longitud de impresión: 288 páginas.

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