From Cyprus to Zanzibar by the Egyptian Delta : The Adventures of a Journalist in the Isle of Love, the Home of Miracles, and the Land of Cloves (Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies)

Vizetelly, Edward Henry

Cambridge University Press（2012/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 568 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108046015
• DDC分類 915.693043

Full Description

Edward Vizetelly (1847-1903) was the son of the publisher Henry Vizetelly and a perceptive war correspondent. He began his career for the Daily News and New York Times, covering the Franco-Prussian War, where he narrowly escaped being shot as a spy. This work, published in 1901, recounts the next period of his career, with vivid descriptions of people and places. In 1878, Cyprus was ceded to Britain by Turkey, and Vizetelly, then in Athens, was sent to report on the Island, where he remained for four years. In 1882, he moved to Egypt, where Arab unrest led to the massacre of Europeans in Cairo and the bombardment of Alexandria by British warships. On his return to Europe in 1889, he was commissioned by the owner of the New York Herald to find H. M. Stanley, using Zanzibar as his base. He concludes with a brief summary of subsequent events in Africa.

Contents

Publisher's note; 1. Cyprus at the Occupation; 2. A civil servant on sixpence a day; 3. The Cyprus Times; 4. The home of miracles; 5. The Khedive Tewfik; 6. Cairo before the massacre; 7. The massacre and exodus; 8. The bombardment; 9. The march to the sea; 10. The landing at Port Said; 11. Ismaelia; 12. A ride to Cairo; 13. Cairo after the occupation; 14. The Egyptian Gazette; 15. The Arabists and the indemnities; 16. Muddle and victory in the Soudan; 17. The cholera morbus; 18. The Times of Egypt; 19. A tale of libel; 20. Tit for tat; 21. Jim Bennett; 22. The land of cloves; 23. At Mombassa; 24. A dash to meet Stanley; 25. Advance Britannia!; Index.