Egypt's Belle Epoque: Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists
Autor Trevor Mostynen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iul 2006
Egypt’s belle époque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail’s Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Kings and emperors, artists, writers and Europe’s most sophisticated flocked to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian gardens, where Verdi’s Aida premiered at the new opera house and glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile. But the splendour was short-lived. Only a year after the Suez Canal opened, the Second Empire in France collapsed and the Khedive’s excesses plunged Egypt into crippling debt. Ismail was eventually forced to abdicate, leaving Cairo to the British who occupied Egypt in all but name. This is a riveting account of an extraordinary moment in the history of both France and Egypt.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781845112400
ISBN-10: 1845112407
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: 25 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1845112407
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: 25 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Trevor Mostyn has been a journalist, publisher and consultant in the Arab world, Iran and India. He visited Sarajevo as a war correspondent with Reporters sans Frontières in 1993, and wrote for the New Statesman on the revolution in Iran and the civil war in Lebanon. He was a Financial Times correspondent in Cairo and is Middle East correspondent for The Tablet. His book Censorship in Islamic Society was published in 2002 and he has just finished a romantic novel set in the Middle East. He is also deputy chair of English PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee.
Cuprins
Introduction1 Chibuks and Lice in Ismail's Harem2 Obsession for an Empress3 Napoleon's Hated 'Mission Civilizatrice'4 Muhammad Ali - a Brutal Age of Development5 A Cruel Princess6 Rulers of the New Renaissance7 Ismail - a Ruler Obsessed8 Paris's Belle Epoque and the Great Exhibition9 Ismail's Cairo - a Glitzy Age10 The Finest Opera House in the World11 The Palace of the Empress12 The Cousin of the Empress13 La Belle Eugenie14 The Opening of the Accursed Canal15 A Week of Hedonism16 The Fall of Eugenie17 The Fall of Ismail18 Mr Cook and the Hotel Age19 Cairo: the Englishman's Playground20 Cairo's Sweet-scented Odalisques21 The Age of the Great Hotels22 Cairo's Last Flame23 Setting Fire to Ismail's CityEpilogue: Ismail's Cairo TodayNotesBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
This is an enthralling account of a period in Egypt's history not too often forgotten. Trevor Mostyn brings to life a glittering near century which launched Cairo as one of the world's greatest cities.
Egypt's Belle Epoque has the immediacy of oral history. This narrative depicts with wit and elegance the grandeur and decadence of a not so distant past. Trevor Mostyn writes as if he was himself a witness to the extraordinary events.
A teaming, vivid portrait of the pomp, lasciviousness and blood-soaked cruelty of a great culture at the crossroads of history. It cries out to be made into a film.
...the remarkable story of how Cairo was transformed into a modern city.
...an entertaining and enlightening account of high life in Cairo between 1869 and 1952.
The stories are told with relish and style...
Egypt's Belle Epoque has the immediacy of oral history. This narrative depicts with wit and elegance the grandeur and decadence of a not so distant past. Trevor Mostyn writes as if he was himself a witness to the extraordinary events.
A teaming, vivid portrait of the pomp, lasciviousness and blood-soaked cruelty of a great culture at the crossroads of history. It cries out to be made into a film.
...the remarkable story of how Cairo was transformed into a modern city.
...an entertaining and enlightening account of high life in Cairo between 1869 and 1952.
The stories are told with relish and style...
Descriere
Egypt’s belle époque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail’s Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Kings and emperors, artists, writers and Europe’s most sophisticated flocked to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian gardens, where Verdi’s Aida premiered at the new opera house and glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile. But the splendour was short-lived. Only a year after the Suez Canal opened, the Second Empire in France collapsed and the Khedive’s excesses plunged Egypt into crippling debt. Ismail was eventually forced to abdicate, leaving Cairo to the British who occupied Egypt in all but name. This is a riveting account of an extraordinary moment in the history of both France and Egypt.