| Alexandria: A History and Guide Contributor(s): Forster, E. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1838605894 ISBN-13: 9781838605896 Publisher: Tauris Parke OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) - Travel | Middle East - Egypt - History | Ancient - Egypt |
| Dewey: 962.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.50 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the autumn of 1915, in a slightly heroic mood, E.M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring the magic, antiquity and complexity of the place in order to cope with living in what he saw as a funk-hole. With a novelist's pen, he brings to life the fabled, romantic city of Alexander the Great, capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, beacon of light and culture symbolised by the Pharos, where the doomed love affair of Antony and Cleopatra was played out and the greatest library the world has ever known was built. Threading 3,000 years of history with vibrant strands of literature and punctuating the narrative with his own experiences, Forster immortalised Alexandria, painting an incomparable portrait of the great city and, inadvertently, himself. |