{"product_id":"2026770000495-secondhand-kinglakes-eothen","title":"Kinglake's Eothen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Poor                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Binding - cracked; net showing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of Victorian travel writing, Eothen chronicles Alexander William Kinglake's spirited journey through the Near East in the 1830s, carrying the reader from the Ottoman frontier through Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria with remarkable vividness and wit. Written with a distinctly personal and often irreverent voice, the narrative presents the East not as a scholarly subject but as a living, breathing world filtered through the sharp observations of a young English gentleman unencumbered by diplomatic pretense. Kinglake illustrates the customs, landscapes, and peoples he encounters with a blend of romantic wonder and dry humor that set the work apart from the more earnest travel accounts of its era. First published in 1844, the book became an instant classic, celebrated for its literary style as much as its geographical content, and it remains one of the most entertaining and influential examples of the genre ever produced in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887927439579,"sku":"2026770000495-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/27e76d96-9949-484f-81bf-71a1f8fa0a3f.png?v=1781749691","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000495-secondhand-kinglakes-eothen","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}