Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891)
Auteur de Eothen
A propos de l'auteur
English historian Alexander Kinglake was born in Wilton House, near Taunton and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. A tour of the Far East in 1840 resulted in the publication of Eothen (1844). Eothen is a Greek word meaning "from the early dawn" or "from the East." It consists of afficher plus letters that Kinglake wrote home while making his extensive tour. He became the historian of the Crimea in 1863, writing the History of the War in the Crimea (1863-87), considered one of the finest historical works of the nineteenth century. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Harriet M. Haviland/ 1863.
Œuvres de Alexander William Kinglake
The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. Volume 3 (2017) 2 exemplaires
The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. Volume 2 (1999) 1 exemplaire
The Invasion of the Crimea: Its origin and an account of its progress down to the death of Lord Raglan, Vols I & II 1 exemplaire
The Invasion of the Crimea. Adapted for military students by Lieut.-Colonel Sir G. S. Clarke. Student's edition (2011) 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1809-08-05
- Date de décès
- 1891-01-02
- Lieu de sépulture
- cremated, Woking cemetery
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Somerset, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- cancer (tongue)
- Lieux de résidence
- England, UK
- Études
- Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Cambridge University (Trinity College) - Professions
- travel writer
historian
lawyer
Member of Parliament (1857-69) - Relations
- Stanhope, Hester Lucy (mother's cousin)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 490
- Popularité
- #50,416
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 93
- Langues
- 4
This is not really about the places that he travels through on his journey. It is more about the people that he meets of his travels and his experiences which were quite varied from charging across a desert alone on a camel, being in a city whose population is dropping like flies with the plague, meets with an ex-pat called Lady Hester Stanhope, that knew his mother, see the Pyramids for the first time and marvels at the Sphinx.
This is the time when there are no cars or other mechanised transport so the art of travelling is a much drawn-out process. The language is quite different from our modern phrasing, but then it was written over 150 years ago. It took me a few chapters of the book to get into his style, but when he reached the desert I found that the writing was vastly better. He is a strange character in lots of ways, he has some respect for some of the people that he meets and for others, he can be quite condescending to the people he is travelling with as companions and those that he has employed to help him. Even though some of his attitudes are very alien from a modern perspective, I did like this and I can see why it is seen as a classic of travel writing.… (plus d'informations)