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Henry Salt: Artist, Traveller, Diplomat, Egyptologist [Paperback]

Deborah Manley (Author), Peta Ree (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Libri Publications Ltd; 1st ed. edition (30 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 190196504X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1901965049
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 728,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The Mail on Sunday, 1st April 2001

A fascinating and meticulously researched biography, offering a wonderful insight into Egypt in the 19th century. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

The Spectator, 5th May 2001

Vivid and engaging ... fills in a great chunk of lost history, and is a readable blend of scope and scholarship... Indispensable. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A pacy and readable account of a fascinating man, 12 April 2001
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This review is from: Henry Salt: Artist, Traveller, Diplomat, Egyptologist (Paperback)
Henry Salt has not been credited in modern times for the important role he played in the exploration of Abyssinia and the early archaeology of Egypt. He mixed with an extraordinary group of characters in Egypt, many involved in the race to collect antiquities to take back to Europe. This first biography of Salt proceeds at a fast pace, is packed full of amusing anecdotes, has a true feel for the period, and portrays Salt as a man with surprisingly modern attitudes towards issues such as slavery. I would have liked a bit more discussion on the ethics of collecting antiquities, but the authors do comment that we cannot judge 19th-century antiquarians from a 21st-century viewpoint. In all a very well-written and interesting read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as dry as the desert where he spent much of his life, 27 Mar 2001
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This review is from: Henry Salt: Artist, Traveller, Diplomat, Egyptologist (Paperback)
This book provides a fascinating and personal insight into the life and character of a much-neglected figure of early 19th-century travel, Egyptology and diplomacy.

While this biography will appeal to those with an interest in Egyptology, it is the detective work of the authors who dug deep to uncover (from the sands of time) the scandals- yes, it seems that despite diplomacy being his bread and butter, when it came to more intimate matters diplomacy went out the window!

A case in point is his getting a slave girl pregnant and later, his 'stealing' a beautiful Italian girl of 17 away from an Austrian merhcant to whom she had been sent to marry. This, understandably, caused an international quarrel, only settled when Salt was made to pay the costs of her shipment to Egypt!

So, what may look like a dull read, is nothing of the sort. Rather, it is surprisingly racey and envelopes the reader in the dusty and classic atmosphere of a time long past And Salt himself comes across as very much human, fallible and a like-able sort of chap.

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