Winter on the Nile

From : The Telegraph


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Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt by Anthony Sattin.

On November 25 1849, 70 passengers boarded a boat in Alexandria, beneath a “gloomy autumn sky”, bound for Cairo and the ancient sites of Upper Egypt. The barge-like vessel was designed to carry only 25; fleas abounded on the crowded lower decks. Egypt had no museums, and some travellers brought chisels to chip souvenirs from the temples and pyramids. Among the Europeans fighting their way on board were a 29-year-old Florence Nightingale and, by coincidence, a slightly younger Gustave Flaubert.


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