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Eastern Pilgrims: The Travels of Three Ladies: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

Autor Agnes Smith Lewis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 mar 2012
The Scottish twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843–1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843–1920), heiresses of an extremely wealthy man, between them learned numerous languages, including Modern Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Syriac, and became pioneering biblical scholars and explorers at a time when women rarely ventured to foreign lands. Their initial desire to travel to the Holy Land was encouraged by their Presbyterian minister. Setting out with their former teacher, Grace Blyth, in 1868, they travelled across Europe to Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Palestine. In this 1870 account, Lewis vividly describes the discomfort of long-distance travel, especially for women, and their encounters with the people they met on the way. At Constantinople they were struck by the beauty of Hagia Sophia, and saw whirling dervishes. They had some difficulties with their guide in Egypt, but this did not deter them, and they continued on to Palestine before returning to Europe.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108043328
ISBN-10: 1108043321
Pagini: 340
Ilustrații: 1 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. London to Munich; 2. Munich to Constantinople; 3. Constantinople; 4. Constantinople to Cyprus; 5. Cyprus to Alexandria; 6. Alexandria to Asouan; 7. Asouan to Wadee Halfeh and back to Cairo; 8. Jaffa to Hebron and Jerusalem; 9. A Sunday in Jerusalem; 10. Rambles about Jerusalem; 11. A ride to Bethany; 12. A visit to the Cave of Adullam; 13. The Mohammed pilgrims; 14. Palm Sunday, and Mizpeh; 15. The Jordan and the Dead Sea; 16. The Holy Fire; 17. The Haram and the Hareem; 18. Jerusalem to Damascus; 19. Damascus to the Cedars and to Greece.

Descriere

This 1870 account of women travelling across Europe to the Middle East began an adventurous career for the Smith sisters.