| A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Edwards, Amelia B. (Author), Pearson, G. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1409942465 ISBN-13: 9781409942467 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $32.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards (1831-1892) was an English novelist, a journalist, a lady traveller and an Egyptologist. She published her first poem at the age of 7 and her first story at the age of 12. Amelia thereafter proceeded to publish a variety of poetry, stories and articles in a large number of magazines that included Chamber[s Journal, Household Words and All the Year Round. She also wrote for the newspapers, the Saturday Review and the Morning Post. Her first full-length novel was My Brother[s Wife (1855). Her early novels were well received, but it was Barbara[s History (1864), a novel of bigamy, that solidly established her reputation as a novelist. Her last novel, Lord Brackenbury (1880), emerged as a run-away success which went to 15 editions. She wrote a book in 1876 under the title of A Thousand Miles up the Nile. Enhanced with her own hand-drawn illustrations, the travelogue became an immediate bestseller. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Middle East - Egypt - History | Ancient - Egypt - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6" W x 9" (1.78 lbs) 556 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards (1831-1892) was an English novelist, a journalist, a lady traveller and an Egyptologist. She published her first poem at the age of 7 and her first story at the age of 12. Amelia thereafter proceeded to publish a variety of poetry, stories and articles in a large number of magazines that included Chamber €(TM)s Journal, Household Words and All the Year Round. She also wrote for the newspapers, the Saturday Review and the Morning Post. Her first full-length novel was My Brother €(TM)s Wife (1855). Her early novels were well received, but it was Barbara €(TM)s History (1864), a novel of bigamy, that solidly established her reputation as a novelist. Her last novel, Lord Brackenbury (1880), emerged as a run-away success which went to 15 editions. She wrote a book in 1876 under the title of A Thousand Miles up the Nile. Enhanced with her own hand-drawn illustrations, the travelogue became an immediate bestseller. |