{"product_id":"through-spain-to-the-sahara-paperback-9781108020688","title":"Through Spain to the Sahara (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020688","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThrough Spain to the Sahara\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Madrid to the mosques and malaria of North Africa, Betham-Edwards introduces readers to relics, edifices and exotic landscapes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatilda Betham-Edwards (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108020688, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJournalist, children's author and translator, Matilda Betham-Edwards inspired a generation of writers. A correspondent of Henry James and a friend of George Eliot, she belonged to a literary network that spanned the globe. Published in 1868, her account of her journey to the Sahara received immediate critical acclaim for its graceful prose and intelligent insights. Leading readers through the Dordogne to Madrid and on to the mosques and malaria of North Africa, Edwards introduces her audience to relics, landscapes and ancient edifices that reflect a wide spectrum of religions and societies. A farmer's daughter, she pays special attention to the living and working conditions of agricultural communities and their struggle for survival in nineteenth-century Europe. As one reviewer for the Examiner explained, 'stay at home readers can hardly do their travelling by proxy more easily than by running through her entertaining pages'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Sunday at Tours\u003cbr\u003e 2. The misconceptions of luggage\u003cbr\u003e 3. The gaiety of Madrid\u003cbr\u003e 4. Velasquez, the painter of men\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Lear of cities\u003cbr\u003e 6. A midnight halt\u003cbr\u003e 7.  'The sweetest morsel of the peninsula'\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'A boat, a boat, my kingdom for a boat!'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Days in the Alhambra\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pigs, vulgar and aristocratic\u003cbr\u003e 11. The archbishop blesses the engine, and we help him\u003cbr\u003e 12. We get to Algeciras, and are made wretched\u003cbr\u003e 13. A bridal party\u003cbr\u003e 14. Tclemcen, the Granada of the West\u003cbr\u003e 15. Hospitable Oran\u003cbr\u003e 16. Opinions, civil and military\u003cbr\u003e 17. Rain.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265951813912,"sku":"9781108020688","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020688i_70446368-0a0a-43ad-9f96-2ac1140f5ccb.jpg?v=1694869616","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/through-spain-to-the-sahara-paperback-9781108020688","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}