An Egyptian Panorama: Reports from the 19th Century British Press

Edited by Nicholas Warner
Hardcover and Paperback | 144 pages | 121 illustrations | 23×25 cm | English
1994 | isbn 9775170044

The growing awareness of Egypt as a result of Napoleon’s invasion in 1798, ultimately developed into a British imperial concern in 1882. This period in history coincides with the making of the British Empire and the heyday of the illustrated newspaper. The result is a coverage that invents an Egypt to satisfy the contemporary mind; enlightening, frightening, and occasionally hilarious. Here, in these one hundred images and articles, are the roots of Western public opinion towards Egypt.

Travel to Egypt, en route to India and points east or on the Grand Tour; archeological discoveries; local events and political incidents in a theatrical background; the Royal Family and its perks ranging from imported railway carriages and bathing pavilions to the Suez Canal and its attendant foibles; the subsequent Nationalist uprising leading to the Occupation.