Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger an anthology /: an anthology. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Geoffrey Nash.
• Other Names: Nash, Geoffrey
• Contents: The coming of empire, 1800-1879 --- David Urquhart : The spirit of the East --- Alexander Kinglake : Eothen --- Eliot Warburton : The crescent and the cross --- Harriet Martineau : Eastern life, present and past --- Robert Curzon : visits to monasteries of the Levant --- Lucie Duff Gordon : Letters from Egypt --- John Lewis Burckhardt : Travels in Arabia --- J.R. Wellsted : Travels in Arabia --- Richard Burton : Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah --- W.G. Palgrave : Narrative of a year's journey to central and eastern Arabia --- Lady Anne Blunt : A pilgrimage to Nejd --- Charles Doughty : Travels in Arabia Deserta --- James Morier : A journey through Persia, Armenia and Asia Minor --- John Malcolm : Sketches of Persia --- James Baillie Fraser : Travels in the Persian provinces of the Caspian --- Lady Sheil : Glimpses of life and manners in Persia --- Arminius Vambery : Travels in Central Asia --- Austen Henry Layard : Early adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia. Colonialism and resistance, 1880-1950 -- D.G. Hogarth : A wandering scholar in the Levant -- Mark Sykes : Dar-ul-Islam -- Charles Roden Buxton : Turkey in revolution -- Grace Ellison : An Englishwoman in a Turkish harem -- C.S. Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. Browne : A year amongst the Persians -- Gertrude Bell : Persian letters -- Valentine Chirol : The Middle East question -- Robert Byron : The road to Oxiana -- Ella Maillart : The cruel way.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 297 pages)
• Subjects: 915.604; British -- Travel -- Middle East -- History -- 19th century; British -- Travel -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century; Travelers -- Middle East -- Biography; Travelers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Travelers' writings, British; TRAVEL -- Middle East -- General; British -- Travel; Colonization; Manners and customs; International relations; Travel; Travelers; Travelers' writings, British; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern; Middle East -- Description and travel; Middle East -- Social life and customs; Middle East -- Colonization; Great Britain -- Relations -- Middle East; Middle East -- Relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain; Middle East; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781843318262; 1843318261
• Related ISBNs: 9781843317920; 1843317923; 9780857283931; 0857283936
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297).; Note: Print version record.
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