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The Amelia B. Edwards Library

The Amelia B. Edwards Library

By: Amelia B. Edwards
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Come with me into a world of untrodden valleys, haunted roads, distant cities, ancient temples, and lives governed by passions no less mysterious than the past itself.

The Amelia B. Edwards Library presents the works of the remarkable Victorian novelist, traveller, Egyptologist, and teller of ghost stories, read in full. From the shadowy suspense of her supernatural tales to her journeys along the Nile and through the mountains of Europe, these are books written with curiosity, wit, courage, and an inexhaustible appetite for discovery.

Open the first page, and the journey begins.Public domain
Episodes
  • A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 3

    A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 3
    5 Oct 2026
    In which we witness a most intense and bewildering dervish ceremony, marked by a mounting frenzy that is both fascinating and somewhat unsettling, followed by a visit to the ancient and weathered Mosque of Amr, a place steeped in the distant dawn of Saracenic architecture. Our wandering then leads us through the lively streets of Cairo, a splendid marriage procession, and the verdant gardens of the khedive’s summer palace, as the golden sunset prepares us for the imminent beginning of our Nile voyage.
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    13 min
  • A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 2

    A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 2
    2 Oct 2026
    In which we find ourselves amidst a bustling Cairo pageant, where diverse crowds gather in joyous disorder to witness the departure of a pilgrim caravan, complete with splendid military displays, ecstatic dervishes, and the revered mahmal borne proudly upon a camel. The following day, the quiet solemnity of a dervish convent contrasts sharply with the previous spectacle, as the mystical ceremony of the howling dervishes begins in a humble whitewashed hall accompanied by plaintive music and reverent invocations.
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    13 min
  • A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 1

    A Thousand Miles up the Nile Chapter II - Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage Part 1
    29 Sep 2026
    In which the august mosque of Sultan Hassan in Cairo reveals itself as a splendid exemplar of Saracenic art, its vast marble court alive with devout worshippers whose quiet prayers and repose imbue the ancient walls with a solemn, lived-in grace. The narrative then ascends to the commanding heights of the citadel, where the contrasting mosque of Mehemet Ali stands conspicuously amidst sweeping views of the Nile valley and the city’s myriad minarets, evoking reflections on history and the enduring spirit of Cairo.
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    13 min
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