Great Cairo: Mother of the World by Desmond Stewart Hardcover Book
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Great Cairo: Mother of the World by Desmond Stewart Hardcover Book. The stage is Cairo, the time of the action is five thousand years, the actors Pharaohs, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Muslims, Mamelukes, Imperialists, Wafdists - and Gamul Abdul Nasser. It is both a pageant and a coherent story which moves from century to century introducing the people, their doings and their buildings, and all that has made up the essence of this extraordinary city. The modern traveller, actual or armchair, cannot fail to find what he needs to bring Cairo to life under his eyes. The stage is Cairo, the time of the action is five thousand years, the actors Pharaohs, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Muslims, Mamelukes, Imperialists, Wafdists - and Gamul Abdul Nasser. It is both a pageant and a coherent story which moves from century to century introducing the people, their doings and their buildings, and all that has made up the essence of this extraordinary city. The modern traveller, actual or armchair, cannot fail to find what he needs to bring Cairo to life under his eyes.
