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Renowned orientalist Edward Lane’s first and biggest book on Egypt now out in paperback.

About the Author

Jason Thompson is the author of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson and His Circle, Edward William Lane (AUC Press, 2010), and Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology (3 vols.; AUC Press, 2015, 2018). He is the editor of An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (AUC Press, 2003).

Reviews

‘’Jason Thompson’s exact and dedicated edition deserves much praise.’’—ASTENE Bulletin

“A major work’’—Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly

"A valuable snapshot of the ruins in the 1820s before clearance and in some cases, destruction."—Morris Bierbrier, Egyptian Archaeology