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One of the most witty and idiosyncratic of travel books, Eothen started out as a few notes scribbled on the back of a map for a friend, but took Kinglake seven years of painstaking work to finesse. The physical details of the journey, undertaken in 1834 through Turkey,... Read Full Overview

Alexander William Kinglake was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, and built up a thriving legal practice, which, in 1856, he abandoned to devote... Read Full Overview

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Eothen is a chronicle of the author's travels in Syria, Palestine and Egypt.

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An adventure of mind and map, Eothen invites you to travel not for the sake of distance but for the revelations of culture, encounter, and memory. Kinglake's mid-Victorian odyssey unfolds as a luminous travel memoir, where intimate observations of people, places, and landscapes... Read Full Overview

Eothen

In the autumn of 1834, Alexander Kinglake and John Savile set out together for Turkey and the Levant. When Savile was summoned home Kinglake, accompanied only by his guide and interpreter, went on by ship to Cyprus and Beirut, then to the Holy Land, Cairo, and Damascus. On his... Read Full Overview

Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by Kinglake

Eothen: With An Introduction And Notes By Anon This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:... Read Full Overview

While travel writing had already enjoyed a long and honored tradition in England, the publication in 1844 of Alexander Kinglake's Eothen forever changed the genre, and its influence may be traced down the generations from Robert Curzon's Monasteries of the Levant (1849) to Paul... Read Full Overview

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Eothen is a travelogue written by Alexander William Kinglake, which was first published in 1844. The book chronicles Kinglake's journey through the Middle East, including Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, during the early 19th century. The title of the book, Eothen, is a Greek word... Read Full Overview