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Aristocrats and archaeologists : an Edwardian journey on the Nile /
In 1907/08 Ferdinand Platt (known to his family as Ferdy) traveled to Egypt as personal physician to the ailing 8th Duke of Devonshire-one of the giant statesmen of the late Victorian age-and his family party, recounting his adventure in letters to his young wife in England. Throughout the journey F...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo, Egypt :
The American University in Cairo Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1907/08 Ferdinand Platt (known to his family as Ferdy) traveled to Egypt as personal physician to the ailing 8th Duke of Devonshire-one of the giant statesmen of the late Victorian age-and his family party, recounting his adventure in letters to his young wife in England. Throughout the journey Ferdy not only reported on the sights of the country around him, with his amateur Egyptologist's eye, and the people he met along the way (including Howard Carter and Winston Churchill) but also recorded his private thoughts and intimate observations of a formal and stratified society, soon to be wit. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 144 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781617978685 161797868X 9781617978692 1617978698 |