A Thousand Miles up the Nile

by Amelia B. Edwards

Norton Creek Press, December 2008, 499 pages,
Suggested retail price, $35.95. ISBN 0981928420.

As enthralling as any work of fiction, A Thousand Miles up the Nile is the quintessential Victorian travel book. In 1873, Amelia B. Edwards, an upper-class Victorian spinster, spent the winter visiting the then largely unspoiled splendors of ancient Egypt.

An accurate and sympathetic observer, she brings nineteenth-century Egypt to life. A Thousand Miles up the Nile was an instant hit in 1876, and is received with equal enthusiasm by modern readers.

Fans of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody Emerson series will see similarities between the two Amelias. More importantly, A Thousand Miles up the Nile provides a wealth of background information and detail that will increase the reader's understanding and enjoyment of Peters' novels.

This Norton Creek Press edition of A Thousand Miles up the Nile is a reproduction of the illustrated 1890 edition by Routledge and Sons, which routinely sells for well over $100. Our reproduction has not captured the full quality of the original engravings, which require better printing and paper than are available to us, but we're confident that the book (and its illustrations) will delight you.

Look for more of Edwards' works from Norton Creek Press.

Amelia B. Edwards was an author and co-founder of the Egypt Exploration Fund. She wrote a book on egyptology (Pharoahs, Fellahs, and Explorers) and translated Gaston Maspero's book, Manual of Egyptian Archaeology).

A Testimonial

I recently finished A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. This is one of the most wonderful books I have ever read. I can only imagine what it must have been like to read such a book in 1876! I was very sad when it ended. I wanted another 500 pages. Thank you very much for bringing such a great read to my attention.
Tom Shelley, Ithaca NY

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