Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal by Zachary Karabell
Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal

Zachary Karabell

Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal

Zachary Karabell

310 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Chapter 1 The Twilight It was late afternoon in the desert when they emerged from the labyrinth of eddies that flowed through the Nile Delta. The breeze carried the trace of salt from the Mediterranean, and though the wind was less harsh than it h...

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