Parting the Desert
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: John Murray
Published: February 16, 2004
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780719561726
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Economic history; History of engineering & technology; International relations; Narrowboats & canals; Egypt; Europe; Middle East; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World
First sentence: IT WAS LATE afternoon in the desert when they emerged from the labyrinth of eddies that flowed through the Nile Delta.