Letters from Egypt
Lucie Duff Gordon author Diane Robinson-Dunn author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Gorgias Press
Published:13th Jan '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Diagnosed with tuberculosis, Lady Lucie Duff Gordon left her family in London in 1862 to take up permanent residence in Upper Egypt or the Saeed. There she wrote Letters from Egypt (1865), which offers an intimate portrayal of the social life of the Saeed, connecting happenings there with international politics and issues around race, class, nation, and gender.
ISBN: 9781593339098
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Weight: unknown
435 pages