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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Kinglake's Eothen
Alexander William Kinglake
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R918
Discovery Miles 9 180
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Eothen
Alexander William Kinglake
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R917
Discovery Miles 9 170
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Eothen (Paperback)
Henry Romilly Fedden, Alexander William Kinglake
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R1,592
Discovery Miles 15 920
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This 1948 edition of this popular work, first published in 1844
presents an entertaining account of the author's Eastern travels.
Ostensibly with a view to providing a suggested outline of a tour
to the interested reader, the book's portrayal of the internal
journey one takes when travelling is as important an aspect of the
book's value as is the historical interest it provides.
1948 edition of this popular work, first published in 1844. It
presents an entertaining account of the author's Eastern travels.
Ostensibly with a view to providing a suggested outline of a tour
to the interested reader, the book's portrayal of the internal
journey one takes when travelling is as important an aspect of the
book's value as is the historical interest it provides.
It took Kinglake seven years before he had finished crafting this
`lively, brilliant and rather insolent tale. The physical details
of the journey, undertaken in 1834 across the Balkan frontiers of
the Ottoman Empire, through Constantinople, Smyrna, Cyprus into the
Near eastern cities of Jerusalem, Cairo and Damascus, are never as
significant as the conversations, chance encounters and attitudes
of the author. Packed full of an infectious charm and a youthful
delight at the world, it is above all things funny as it lampoons
the pomposity of earnest, middle?aged travellers seeking to
establish themselves as professional authorities.
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Eothen (Paperback)
Alexander William Kinglake; Introduction by Simon Drew
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R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
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