Arranged in the form of a journey proceeding through Alexandria, Cairo, Assouan and Abu-Simbel, this book contains a wealth of archaeological and historical information.
This is an engaging account of the life of Count Cagliostro, who donned such varied personas as magician, alchemist, colonel, swindler, mythical priest and founder of Egyptian masonry.... Læs mere
This work brings to life and collects those obscure works written when chivalry was a living tradition that had spread across the whole of Europe.
This little known traveller's account of the 1920s is at the same time amusing and perceptive. Beginning in Baghdad, travelling across the Gulf to Bahrain, Ameen Rihani enters the... Læs mere