In the autumn of 1888, a series of grisly murders took place in Whitechapel in London’s East End, the Abyss, the Ghetto, the City of Eternal Night. The Whitechapel murderer, arguably the first of...
Dirt. Depravity. Danger. Disease.From the slurry-filled sewers to the most overcrowded of tenement blocks, Victorian Britain thrummed with the heartbeats of those who had lived there. Infants and children,...
Mrs. Amelia Dyer was probably the most notorious baby farmer, but she was not working in isolation. The wider story of the myriad of others also classed as baby farmers is told here. Detailing the stories...
The dramatic encounter between Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha, Ottoman governor of Egypt, and his vanquished Saudi foe, Imam ‘Abd Allah, in Cairo in November 1818 marks the symbolic end of the First Saudi...
Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.
Diary of a Journey through Inner Arabia, 1883–1884 (2 Volume Set)
by Julius Euting
Translated by Christopher Metcalf
Edited by William Facey and Michael C.A. Macdonald
Price: $220.00
ISBN: 9781911487852
Publisher: Medina Publishing
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
684 Pages
Julius Euting, an epigraphist, artist, avid hiker, nature-lover, and intrepid explorer, lived a life of wonder, discovery and extraordinary academic achievement, making groundbreaking contributions...
A humorous critique of the trends of turning serious subjects into comedy.“Nothing now succeeds unless it’s in the comic line. We have comic Latin grammars, and comic Greek grammars; indeed, I don't...
The industrial revolution was forged with the lives of our ancestors’ children.All over Britain, children and young people toiled for hours every day. Their workplaces were pitch-dark mines, fiery...
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