Incidents of Travel in Egypt Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land

Perhaps the first modern travelogues still to capture the imaginations of armchair explorers the mid-19th-century bestselling books of American diplomat and writer JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS (1805-1852) read like the most inspired of novels their poetic immediacy placing the reader square in the saddle of adventure. In this classic 1837 work-which no less a critic than Edgar Allan Poe praised for its freshness of manner evincing manliness of feeling-Stephens takes the reader on an evocative journey through the Middle East from a visit to the pyramids of Egypt to encounters with enthusiastic locals and much more Complete with all the beautiful original illustrations by English artist and architect FREDERICK CATHERWOOD (1799-1854) this delightful book continues to enthrall adventurous spirits today.