Cleopatra's Needle
Author | : Anne Mustoe |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2011-08-31 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780753547809 |
ISBN-10 | : 0753547805 |
Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cleopatra's Needle written by Anne Mustoe and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a blustery April morning on the Thames Embankment in London when Anne Mustoe set out on a phenomenal lone cycle ride - to the original site of Cleopatra's Needle at Heliopolis in Egypt. Leaving behind home comforts, she set herself the challenge of travelling close to water wherever possible - via the Seine and the Rhone, then alongside the Burgundy canal, the Po and the Venetian Lagoon. Before she would reach her final waterway - the evocative Nile - Ms Mustoe would encounter the dusty yet beguiling Near East: Turkey, Syria, the Lebanon and finally Egypt itself. Anne Mustoe weaves a story of exquisite detail laced with the understated humour that has become her hallmark.