A passage to Egypt
Subtitle: the life of Lucie Duff Gordon
By: Katherine Frank.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady, 1821-1869; Women -- England -- Biography; Women -- Egypt -- Biography; Upper class -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Biography; Egypt -- Biography; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Description: Recounts the life of an extraordinary Victorian woman whose Letters from Egypt enchanted British readers.

"In 1862 Lucie Duff Gordon reluctantly bid farewell to her life at the center of London society and sailed to Egypt, where she fell in love with the land and the culture. One hundred and twenty-six years later, Katherine Frank boarded a flight for Cairo in search of the woman whose Letters from Egypt enchanted British readers. A Passage to Egypt recounts the life of an extraordinary Victorian woman, and her biographer's pursuit of her."--Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-[378]) and index.