Returning to Egypt after his first book about it, the painter Walter Tyndale settles into Cairo and records its old and new quarters, the mosque of Kalaun, the festival of the Hasaneyn, visits to a sheykh, cafés and a guide named Mohammed Brown. His eye for colour and incident runs through every chapter.
Charming Edwardian travel writing by an artist who knew Cairo intimately. Download the free EPUB.