Vintage Egypt: Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel

by Alain Blottiere

Overview

As wealthy tourists descended upon Egypt in the early-twentieth-century, a well-heeled jet set emerged in Cairo and Alexandria. Period photographs celebrate the glamour: a Bugatti at the foot of the pyramids, high tea served in jasmine-draped gardens. . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782080301130
Publisher:	Rizzoli
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	921,371
Product dimensions:	10.70(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Alain Blottiére lives in Egypt and France.

Editorial Reviews

A new paperback edition of this tribute to the "golden years" of cosmopolitan Egypt.

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