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Toby Wilkinson earned a degree in Egyptology from the University of Cambridge, and is the recipient of several prestigious awards given in his field. He has published nine books, and received the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for his previous book, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. He has appeared on radio and television as an expert on ancient Egyptian civilization and is a member of the international editorial board of the Journal of Egyptian History. Since 2003, he has been a Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge. He lives in Suffolk, England.

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"Engaging. . . . Evocative. . . . The narrative moves comfortably among different time periods . . . smoothly guiding us on our Nile journey." -The Washington Post

"Fascinating. . . . Compelling. . . . The Nile emerges as potent as ever, the sole bringer of life to Egypt." -The Guardian (London)

"First-rate. . . . The Nile and the history it has engendered still manage to stir something in all of us." -The Daily Beast

"Impressive. . . . Hugely entertaining. . . . Wilkinson's book is bound to reawaken the joys of armchair traveling." -Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Tell[s] the entire layered story of Egyptian civilization. Wilkinson deftly mingles ancient lore from the Pharaonic past with tales of 19th-century tomb robbers and contemporary clashes between the competing imperatives to develop and preserve sites along the riverbanks." -The Christian Science Monitor

"Masterful. . . . Thoroughly enjoyable and gloriously catholic." -The Times (London)

"Dexterously done and rich in detail. . . . This is infectious stuff that should surely inspire its readers to a fresh bout of Egyptian adventures." -The Telegraph (London)

"In this felucca voyage of the Nile, you see all of its history and you are constantly reminded that Egypt is also a living nation of today. . . . [Wilkinson] has done for popularizing this land what Michio Kaku and DeGrasse Tyson have done for astronomy and physics." -The New York Journal of Books

"[A] gently meandering tour of the Nile River in the company of a deeply knowledgeable guide. . . . To understand the cataclysmic changes gripping Egypt at the moment, eminent British Egyptologist Wilkinson urges a return to the heart of the country, the Nile, the source of the country's economy, spiritual beliefs and political structure." -Kirkus Reviews

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