{"product_id":"a-thousand-miles-up-the-nile","title":"A Thousand Miles Up the Nile","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;line-height:1.72;color:#26221d;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:1.08rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark illustrated journey from Cairo into Nubia and the upper reaches of the Nile.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eIn 1873–74, novelist, artist, and pioneering Egyptologist Amelia B. Edwards travelled south by dahabeeyah. Her vivid account moves from Cairo and the pyramids through Thebes, Aswan, Philae, Korosko and Abu Simbel to the Second Cataract—combining travel narrative, archaeology, landscape and close observation of nineteenth-century life along the river.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edition includes:\u003c\/strong\u003e a clean reflowable EPUB, the original illustrations, navigable contents, and a new Nile Book Store cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.6rem 0;padding:1.25rem 1.35rem;background:#eef6fb;border-left:4px solid #246f9a;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 .65rem;font-size:1.15rem;\"\u003eRead an excerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e“A donkey ride and a boating trip interspersed with ruins” does, in fact, sum up in a single line the whole experience of the Nile traveler. Apropos of these three things—the donkeys, the boat, and the ruins—it may be said that a good English saddle and a comfortable dahabeeyah add very considerably to the pleasure of the journey; and that the more one knows about the past history of the country, the more one enjoys the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This nineteenth-century travel account reflects its author’s period and perspective. It is presented as a primary source and should be read alongside modern Egyptian, Nubian and Sudanese scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated reflowable EPUB · \u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English · \u003cstrong\u003eDigital product:\u003c\/strong\u003e no physical item will be shipped. Your private download link is sent after checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\r\n","brand":"Amelia B. Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Digital EPUB","offer_id":50232974967032,"sku":"EN-70565-NILE","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/n_cover.png?v=1787678360","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/products\/a-thousand-miles-up-the-nile","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}