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  • Memoir of William Watts McNair

    An Intimate Journey into Literary History and Personal Reflections

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    In "Memoir of William Watts McNair," J. E. Howard meticulously chronicles the life of the eminent 19th-century figure, William Watts McNair, weaving together rich historical detail with a narrative that balances scholarly rigor and accessibility. Through an engaging prose style that incorporates vivid imagery and personal anecdotes, Howard creates a portrait of McNair that is at once comprehensive ... Leer más

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  • The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan

    de H. G. Keene ...
    In history, many Empires have risen and fallen. In the West we tend to rank those that have originated from Europe as being most note worthy. But with a little digging those of Asia and the Far East rise to their just prominence. Here we publish a book that documents this clash od Empires as Europe moved to gather the riches for itself andwith it the fall of the Mogul empire in Hindustan in what ... Leer más

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  • The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Central and South Asia

    de John Keay ...
    Series Libro 349 - Mammoth Books
    Alarms amongst the Uzbeks - Alexander BurnesOf all the "forbidden" cities (Timbuktu, Mecca, Lhasa, Riyadh and so on) none enjoyed a more fearsome reputation that Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The first British Indian expedition, that of William Moorcroft in 1819-26, had never returned. Moorcroft's disappearance, like that of Livingstone or Franklin, posed a challenge in itself and preyed on the minds of ... Leer más

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  • Travels into Bokhara

    A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia

    At the age of only twenty six, Alexander Burnes proved himself to be one of the most effective intelligence agents of his time. Making two dangerous journeys beyond the frontiers of the Indian Empire, he reported back via the East India Company to Downing Street on the geography and politics of the kingdoms that lay to the northwest as far as fabled Bokhara. He travelled simply, disguised as a ... Leer más

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  • Travels into Bokhara

    A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia.

    Alexander Burnes was a British adventurer and employee of the East India Company during the Great Game era of the 19th Century. He spoke Hindi and Persian and was nicknamed 'Bokhara Burnes' for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bokhara, which made him famous. He was rumored to be a spy during the first Afghan War and was knighted by Queen Victoria for his clandestine services ... Leer más

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  • The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan

    de H. G. Keene ...
    First published in 1887. Acording to the Preface: "The rise and meridian of the Moghul Empire have been related in Elphinstone's " History of India: the Hindu and Mahometan Period; " and a Special Study of the subject will Also be found in the " Sketch of the History of Hindustan" published by the present writer in 1885. Neither of those works, however, undertakes to give a detailed account of the ... Leer más

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  • Travels Into Bokhara

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    ‘The Great Game’ (also referred to as the Tournament of Shadows) is a term used to describe the political and diplomatic confrontation that existed during most of the 19th Century between the British Empire and the Russian Empire centered around Afghanistan and its surrounding regions. The classic Great Game period is generally regarded as running approximately from the Russo-Persian Treaty of ... Leer más

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  • Travels in Egypt and Nubia: Belzoni (Expanded, Annotated)

    A GIANT AMONG ADVENTURERS AND EXPLORERSAmong the noted explorers and adventurers of the great age of discovery, few can compare with the Great Belzoni.No study of the modern exploration of ancient Egypt is complete without his extraordinary work. Once a circus strongman, trained as an engineer, he spent many years on the Nile in Egypt and Nubia studying the ancient ruins and shipping antiquities ... Leer más

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  • Travels in Morocco (Vol. 1&2)

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    Travels in Morocco in two volumes is a travel narrative written by American missionary and explorer James Richardson, and published by his wife after he lost his life at Bornou, in Central Africa. Richardson traveled to Africa as a missionary, but also undertook several other tasks in order to understand the condition of the strange and remarkable races of men who inhabit that part of the world. ... Leer más

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  • Thirty Years in the Harem:

    or, the Autobiography of Melek-Hanum, Wife of H. H. Kibrizli-Mehemet Pasha. Volume 1.

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    Elibron Classics Edition. 2 Volumes Sold Separately.Replica of 1872 edition by A. Asher & Co., Berlin.4 editions published between 1876 and 2005 in English and Swedish and held by 46 libraries worldwide“Melek Hanum (Hanim) [1814-1873] met Kibrisli Mehement (Mehmed) Pasha, in Paris, and they were married upon returning to Istanbul. She accompanied him to various postings in Palestine and Serbia, ... Leer más

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