Amelia B. EdwardsA Thousand Miles up the Nile
Librivox recording of A Thousand Miles up the Nile, by Amelia B. Edwards.
Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in 1888 at home in England and abroad. She travelled throughout Egypt at a time when most women didn't leave home. One of the pioneering Egyptologists of the age, she established the Edwards Chair of Egyptology, occupied first by the great Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
This book is in a sense a seminal work, known to have influenced the modern writings of Elizabeth Peters in her Amelia Peabody Emerson murder-mystery series.
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| 00 - Preface to the First and Second Editions | 16.0M | 12.7M | 8.0M |
| 01 - Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 1 | 11.5M | 9.1M | 5.7M |
| 02 - Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 2 | 10.7M | 8.4M | 5.4M |
| 03 - Ch. I: Cairo and the Great Pyramid, pt. 3 | 10.4M | 8.5M | 5.2M |
| 04 - Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 1 | 12.9M | 10.7M | 6.4M |
| 05 -Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 2 | 12.5M | 10.4M | 6.3M |
| 06 - Ch. II: Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage, pt. 3 | 12.9M | 10.6M | 6.4M |
| 07 - Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 1 | 8.1M | 6.6M | 4.1M |
| 08 - Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 2 | 8.7M | 7.1M | 4.3M |
| 09 - Ch. III: Cairo to Bedreshayn, pt. 3 | 8.7M | 7.0M | 4.4M |
| 10 - Ch. IV: Sakkarah and Memphis, pt. 1 | 17.3M | 14.2M | 8.7M |
| 11 - Ch. IV: Sakkarah and Memphis, pt. 2 | 16.2M | 13.2M | 8.1M |
| 12 - Ch. IV: Sakkarah and Memphis, pt. 3 | 16.5M | 13.3M | 8.2M |
| 13 - Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 1 | 13.6M | 10.8M | 6.8M |
| 14 - Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 2 | 14.0M | 11.4M | 7.0M |
| 15 - Ch. V: Bedreshayn to Minieh, pt. 3 | 13.3M | 10.7M | 6.7M |
| 16 - Ch. VI: Minieh to Siut, pt. 1 | 12.2M | 10.0M | 6.1M |
| 17 - Ch. VI: Minieh to Siut, pt. 2 | 13.3M | 10.7M | 6.6M |
| 18 - Ch. VI: Minieh to Siut, pt. 3 | 13.5M | 10.8M | 6.8M |
| 19 - Ch. VII: Siut to Denderah, pt. 1 | 15.5M | 12.9M | 7.8M |
| 20 - Ch. VII: Siut to Denderah, pt. 2 | 16.7M | 13.5M | 8.3M |
| 21 - Ch. VII: Siut to Denderah, pt. 3 | 18.6M | 14.7M | 9.3M |
| 22 - Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 1 | 13.5M | 11.0M | 6.7M |
| 23 - Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 2 | 16.0M | 12.9M | 8.0M |
| 24 - Ch. VIII: Thebes and Karnak, pt. 3 | 15.4M | 12.6M | 7.7M |
| 25 - Ch. IX: Thebes to Assuan, pt. 1 | 13.8M | 11.3M | 6.9M |
| 26 - Ch. IX: Thebes to Assuan, pt. 2 | 11.9M | 9.7M | 6.0M |
| 27 - Ch. IX: Thebes to Assuan, pt. 3 | 14.0M | 11.5M | 7.0M |
| 28 - Ch. X: Assuan and Elephantine, pt. 1 | 14.0M | 11.8M | 7.0M |
| 29 - Ch. X: Assuan and Elephantine, pt. 2 | 15.1M | 12.5M | 7.6M |
| 30 - Ch. X: Assuan and Elephantine, pt. 3 | 14.0M | 11.4M | 7.0M |
| 31 - Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 1 | 8.3M | 6.6M | 4.1M |
| 32 - Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 2 | 8.0M | 6.4M | 4.0M |
| 33 - Ch. XI: The Cataract and the Desert, pt. 3 | 9.1M | 7.3M | 4.6M |
| 34 - Ch. XII: Philae, pt. 1 | 13.9M | 11.7M | 6.9M |
| 35 - Ch. XII: Philae, pt. 2 | 13.2M | 10.7M | 6.6M |
| 36 - Ch. XII: Philae, pt. 3 | 13.8M | 11.4M | 6.9M |
| 37 - Ch. XIII: Philae to Korosko, pt. 1 | 7.0M | 5.6M | 3.5M |
| 38 - Ch. XIII: Philae to Korosko, pt. 2 | 6.5M | 5.2M | 3.3M |
| 39 - Ch. XIII: Philae to Korosko, pt. 3 | 7.4M | 6.0M | 3.7M |
| 40 - Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 1 | 12.4M | 7.9M | 6.2M |
| 41 - Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 2 | 12.3M | 7.8M | 6.1M |
| 42 - Ch. XIV: Korosko to Abou Simbel, pt. 3 | 11.1M | 7.0M | 5.5M |
| 43 - Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 1 | 11.6M | 7.4M | 5.8M |
| 44 - Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 2 | 11.7M | 7.4M | 5.8M |
| 45 - Ch. XV: Rameses the Great, pt. 3 | 12.2M | 7.8M | 6.1M |
| 46 - Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 1 | 17.3M | 11.1M | 8.6M |
| 47 - Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 2 | 16.7M | 10.6M | 8.4M |
| 48 - Ch. XVI: Abou Simbel, pt. 3 | 15.7M | 10.1M | 7.8M |
| 49 - Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 1 | 8.4M | 5.3M | 4.2M |
| 50 - Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 2 | 9.2M | 5.8M | 4.6M |
| 51 - Ch. XVII: The Second Cataract, pt. 3 | 8.0M | 5.1M | 4.0M |
| 52 - Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 1 | 15.5M | 9.4M | 7.7M |
| 53 - Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 2 | 19.0M | 12.1M | 9.5M |
| 54 - Ch. XVIII: Discoveries at Abou Simbel, pt. 3 | 18.9M | 12.0M | 9.4M |
| 55 - Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 1 | 19.6M | 11.7M | 9.8M |
| 56 - Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 2 | 22.3M | 13.8M | 11.1M |
| 57 - Ch. XIX: Back Through Nubia, pt. 3 | 18.8M | 12.0M | 9.4M |
| 58 - Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 1 | 12.1M | 7.7M | 6.1M |
| 59 - Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 2 | 12.8M | 8.1M | 6.4M |
| 60 - Ch. XX: Silsilis and Edfu, pt. 3 | 13.2M | 8.5M | 6.6M |
| 61 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 1 | 15.7M | 9.8M | 7.9M |
| 62 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 2 | 17.0M | 10.6M | 8.5M |
| 63 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 3 | 18.6M | 11.4M | 9.3M |
| 64 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 4 | 17.5M | 10.9M | 8.7M |
| 65 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 5 | 15.4M | 9.7M | 7.7M |
| 66 - Ch. XXI: Thebes, pt. 6 | 15.2M | 9.7M | 7.6M |
| 67 - Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt. 1 | 16.8M | 10.8M | 8.4M |
| 68 - Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt. 2 | 15.0M | 9.5M | 7.5M |
| 69 - Ch. XXII: Abydus and Cairo, pt. 3 | 16.4M | 10.5M | 8.2M |
| 70 - Appendix 1 | 2.4M | 1.5M | 1.2M |
| 71 - Appendix 2 | 7.9M | 5.0M | 3.9M |
| 72 - Appendix 3 | 9.7M | 6.2M | 4.9M |
| 73 - Appendix 4 | 3.7M | 2.4M | 1.9M |
| 74 - Appendix 5 | 2.3M | 1.4M | 1.2M |
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Reviewer: Diana Hamilton -
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January 16, 2008
Subject: The real Amelia Peabody
An excellent book in either audio or print! If you've enjoyed Elizabeth Peters' mystery series, visit an inspiration here.