This Norton Creek Press edition of A Thousand Miles up the Nile is a reproduction of the illustrated 1890 edition by Routledge and Sons. Look for more of Edwards’ works from Norton Creek Press.

Here are invalids in search of health; artists in search of subjects; sportsmen keen upon crocodiles; statesman out for a holiday; special correspondents alert for gossip; collectors on the scent of papyri and mummies; men of science with ...

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In this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven stories that show all the versatility of this author: - An Engineer's Story - A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest - The Story of Salome - In the Confessional - Was it an illusion?

Amelia B. Edwards, a British novelist and travel author, wrote the travelogue A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. The book, which was published in 1877, details Edwards' expedition up the Nile River, travels through Sudan and Egypt.

She also wrote for the newspapers, the Saturday Review and the Morning Post. Her first full-length novel was My Brother's Wife (1855).

Edwards approached the expedition with humor and enthusiasm, as she regales us with the tale of the journey with the generous, vivacious spirit that made her one of her era's most daring women. - Back cover.