Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy LandThis present volume received wide acclaim from reviewers, including Edgar Allan Poe, who found it "written with a freshness of manner evincing manliness of feeling." |
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land John Lloyd Stephens Limited preview - 2010 |
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land John Lloyd Stephens Limited preview - 2008 |
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