Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt
by Anthony Sattin
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In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to Egypt, a country which she had always longed to visit. By an extraordinary coincidence, taking the same boat from Alexandria was an unpublished French writer, Gustave Flaubert. Like Nightingale, he was at the crossroads in his life that was to lead show more to future acclaim and literary triumph. Egypt for him represented escape and freedom as well as inspiration. But as a wealthy young man travelling with male friends, he had access to an altogether different Egpyt: where Nightingale sought out temples and dispensaries, Flaubert visited brothels and harems. In this beguiling book, Anthony Sattin takes a key moment in the lives of two extraordinary figures on the brink of international fame, and provides a fascinating insight into the early days of travel to one of the greatest tourist destinations on the planet. show lessTags
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2010
- People/Characters
- Florence Nightingale; Gustave Flaubert
- Important places
- Egypt; Nile River, Egypt
- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Travel, Sociology, Literature Studies and Criticism, Anthropology, History
- DDC/MDS
- 610.73092 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Medicine and health Study and Teaching Training Schools for Nurses
- LCC
- DT54 .S38 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Africa History of Africa Egypt
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
