A Winter on the Nile

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  • Publisher: Hutchinson
  • Catalogue: 186769
  • Size: 16x24cm
A Winter on the Nile tells the story of Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the temptations of Egypt. Both personalities were deeply moved and entranced by the unspoilt wonders of the Nile. Both wrote magnificently about the sights they saw.

Anthony Sattin follows the romantic and spiritual journey along the Nile in 1849, of the then unknown Florence Nightingale - during which she recovered emotionally from her earlier years and found the resolve to resist parental pressure and the resolve to pursue her dream of pursuing a career in nursing.

By an extraordinary coincidence, taking the same boast from Alexandria was an unpublished French writer called Gustave Flaubert who was also at a crossroads in his life. He found in the landscape of Egypt the freedom and inspiration which would help enable him write his future works to such great acclaim.