{"product_id":"lands-of-the-sudan-bogos-mensah-suakin","title":"Lands of the Sudan: Bogos, Mensah and Suakin","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;line-height:1.7\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree download. Delivered as an illustrated, reflowable EPUB file.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFirst published in Paris in 1885, Denis de Rivoyre’s \u003cem\u003eLands of the Sudan: Bogos, Mensah and Suakin\u003c\/em\u003e examines the Red Sea coast and the borderlands linking the Sudan, Eritrean highlands and Ethiopia at a moment of Egyptian expansion and regional upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eMoving between Massawa, Keren, the Bogos and Mensah districts, Kassala and Suakin, Rivoyre records local societies, trade routes, missionary activity, political rivalries and conflict. The result is a detailed—if distinctly colonial-era—source for readers interested in nineteenth-century northeast Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis Nile Book Store reference edition contains the complete eleven-chapter work in an AI-assisted English informational translation. It retains all eight illustrations by Ernest Martin-Chablis and the original historical map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eComplete eleven-chapter English reference translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eEight original historical illustrations and one map\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eLinked table of contents and reflowable text\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOptimized for Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books and other EPUB readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"text-align:center\"\u003eText excerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"max-width:620px;margin:0 auto;text-align:left;padding:1.25rem;border-left:3px solid #c76b4f;background:#f7f3e9\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e“When Egyptian authority replaced Ottoman rule on the African shore of the Red Sea in 1866, Massawa became its forward base. Until then it had been little more than a poor settlement on an island a few hundred metres from the coast.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eFrom that point, the author turns inland toward the highland communities of Mensah and Bogos, placing their history within the competing ambitions of Egypt, Abyssinia, neighbouring peoples and European missions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eOriginal French edition published in 1885. Public-domain source verified through Project Gutenberg eBook #74823. This AI-assisted translation is provided as a reading and research aid, not as a scholarly critical translation. Historical terminology and colonial-era viewpoints are retained for context. No audiobook is included.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Denis de Rivoyre","offers":[{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":50212656906488,"sku":"EN-74823-LANDS-SUDAN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/lands-of-the-sudan-denis-de-rivoyre-cover.png?v=1787416233","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/lands-of-the-sudan-bogos-mensah-suakin","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}