The Nile

“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

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.